President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that nearly every […]
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Trump-Era Pivot on Seabed Mining Draws Global Rebuke
Nearly 40 nations, big and small, have voiced opposition to a plan by a Wall Street-backed mining company to team up with the Trump administration […]
Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals
The long-running battle over whether to allow Pacific Ocean seabed mining took an unexpected turn Thursday when a company disclosed it had been confidentially negotiating […]