Conversation

"The Trump administration is advancing deep-sea mining in U.S. waters near the Pacific territories and Alaska, a process Indigenous leaders have identified as "resource colonialism" due to its prioritization of corporate interests, the permanent ecological damage it causes, and the fact that its profits flow outward to shareholders while providing no economic benefits to communities struggling with high costs, precarious jobs, and faltering public services."
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/why-alaska-and-u-s-territories-get-damage-not-dollars-from-deep-sea-mining/