The search for critical minerals could put deep-sea mining and commercial fishing on a collision course.

Once again, Donald Trump is taking steps to destroy our planet. He signed an executive order fast-tracking deep-sea mining in U.S. and international waters for critical minerals such as cobalt ...

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Companies angling to plumb the deep seas for critical minerals will appear on Capitol Hill this week. Companies wanting to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s deep-sea mining order will ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has defied international norms and instructed a quick start to deep-sea mining in domestic waters and beyond, sparking an angry warning from Beijing that the move ...

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast ...

The initiative could yield over a billion metric tons of seabed materials. It aims to boost the economy and reduce reliance on Chinese minerals. Environmental groups warn of potential ecological ...

“Any attempt to accelerate deep-sea mining without proper safeguards will only speed up the destruction of our oceans.” This was echoed by the Washington-based group Ocean ...

White House aides say the initiative could see US operations scoop up more than a billion metric tons of mineral-rich deep-sea nodules, and pump hundreds of billions of dollars into the American ...

"The United States government has no right to unilaterally allow an industry to destroy the common heritage of humankind and rip up the deep sea for the profit of a few corporations," said Arlo ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to accelerate offshore mining and open new opportunities for extracting critical materials from the seabed. Within 60 days of the date ...