Norway just opened an area bigger than Ecuador to deep-sea mining activities -- a move that could hurt the environment while helping EV makers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Norway has pushed for seabed mining at the ISA but also supports a "precautionary approach" that errs on the side of environmental protection if the impacts of exploitation are unknown.
48% : Matthew Gianni, co-founder of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, an alliance of more than 100 environmental groups opposed to seabed mining, said Norway's move to open up its waters indicates the country "is not only interested in mining its own extended continental shelf ... but to mine in the international seabed area where the deep sea mining opportunities are far greater."But Pradeep Singh, a fellow at the Research Institute for Sustainability in Germany who studies the ISA, noted the backlash to Norway's move from the EU, scientists and activists.

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