Scientists and legal experts warn against commercial deep-sea mining as US President Donald Trump signs an executive order ...

The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are ...

President Trump's executive order to access critical deep seabed minerals is raising concerns among international authorities ...

The metals could help meet long-term demand during the energy transition from fossil fuels, while reducing the human ...

Native Hawaiian and environmental leaders are raising the alarm after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at ...

Native Hawaiian and environmental leaders are raising the alarm after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry.

Indigenous leaders are calling for involvement in the agreement’s decision-making process, not just an acknowledgement of ...

Trump has effectively fired the starting gun for an international free-for-all on extracting minerals from the ocean floor.

The quest to exploit deep-sea mineral resources — and debates over benefits and harms — is intensifying in D.C. and ...

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

"It is not the great silver bullet that solves our critical mineral problem," said Natural Resources ranking member Jared ...