“For data on the AIS-off events and movement near undersea cables, we obtained additional data support from Starboard Maritime Intelligence, a platform utilized by government agencies, defense forces and critical infrastructure operators to analyze maritime risks”
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Welcome to Issue 240 of The Continent
The latest Ebola outbreak is the 17th in 50 years, with more than half occurring in the past 5 years. Mining-driven mobility and mistrust are fuelling the spread. Ironically, better containment has limited vaccine trials.
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We didn’t initially set out to investigate China’s deep-sea mining fleet, but as our research into other aspects of the burgeoning industry developed over our year-long partnership, it became clear...
Why are Chinese state-owned deep-sea mining vessels outside research zones?
#Mongabay and @cnn.com analyzed the routes these ships took for the past five years and found them navigating close to key U.S. military territory.
Experts believed they might be serving a dual-purpose.
Cuba's minister of energy confirmed reserves are gone — with just enough diesel left to keep hospitals online. The UN has classified Washington's blockade a humanitarian crisis.
I made this meme some years ago and it just popped up in my phone photo memories and… welp.
China's solar exports hit a record 68 gigawatts in March as demand skyrocketed in Africa and Asia.
Imports to Africa rose by 176%, driven by rising fossil fuel prices and a rush to buy components before Beijing ended a clean tech tax rebate.
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A new #Mongabay investigation reveals US defense grants for critical minerals reached nearly $550 million between 2021 and 2025, up from $31.3 million.
Affected communities warn this state backing is fast-tracking projects without key environmental or social checks.
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The situation created by the U.S. blockade has been classified by the United Nations as a “humanitarian crisis” that affects the most vulnerable groups the hardest.
A Mongabay and CNN investigation found the eight Chinese state-owned ships that conduct deep-sea mining research in China’s mining areas allocated by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) actually…
Bari Weiss was exactly like this on a smaller stage, as my editor when I wrote book reviews for the WSJ over a decade ago, constantly trying trying to inject her politics into my pieces, even post copy editing.
Having (unfortunately) had some experience with the 2014 outbreak, my main takeaway from COVID was that West Africans were if anything pretty level headed about how they dealt with the situation.
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Over the past decade, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spending for critical minerals transformed from virtually nonexistent into a major revenue stream, with the last five years delivering a…
