Norway's controversial decision to approve commercial deep-sea mining in its waters has highlighted a left-right rift in the European Parliament.
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00:19 How is it possible that this proposal has been approved,
00:22 which is opposed by 800 scientists and with the negative statement of the Norwegian Environmental Agency?
00:29 The European Commission has to act now.
00:32 How will the Norwegian government control the environmental impact?
00:35 How will it ensure that unknown species do not die out?
00:38 How will it affect its actions in fisheries?
00:41 What impact will it have on the potential of marine funds?
00:45 How will these actions affect the ecosystems so vulnerable in the Arctic?
00:49 Let's not reproduce at sea the mistakes we have made on Earth.
00:54 The scientific community is unanimous. Yes to exploration, no to exploitation.
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01:07 The honest story is that we are currently extracting the raw materials we need in the energy transition
01:12 from countries like China, Russia and the Congo.
01:15 The supply chain is unstable and the working conditions and environmental requirements in those countries
01:21 are not up to our standards.
01:23 If we want to continue on the path of clean energy,
01:26 and we want to, that also means making difficult choices.
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