Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report
Even in optimal scenarios, the activity would generate only $6.25 million in tax revenue for countries involved, says Planet Tracker.
Donald Trump’s prospective cabinet is now stacked with friends of Canadian oil, with vocal proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline his picks to run key posts in the State and Energy departments. Both are from the state where the pipeline concludes: Texas.
Trump announced Tuesday that he’ll ask Congress to approve Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as the U.S’s top diplomat — and the decision on international pipeline permits belongs to the secretary of state.
