Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.

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U.S. Is Reviewing Impossible Metals Proposal to Mine the Seabed

The Interior Department said it would review a new proposal for operations off the coast of American Samoa.

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Trump-Era Pivot on Seabed Mining Draws Global Rebuke

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

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Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals

Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.

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