The administration moves to sidestep U.N. body governing the ocean floor and the harvesting of minerals and metals in ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

President Trump signed an executive order to expand U.S. deep-sea mining for rare earth minerals, aiming to counter China and ...

Donald Trump's administration takes a controversial step. It expands deep-sea mining for rare earth minerals. This move aims ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the ...

President Donald Trump thew into turmoil a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an order to open up ...

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that aims to jumpstart mining on the ocean floor. Large-scale deep sea ...

Trump wants an expedited permitting process in place for deep sea mining in 60 days. Advocates say the ocean should be protected, not extracted.

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...

US President Donald Trump has defied international norms on the nascent field of deep-sea mining, signing an executive order ...