Steve Christy was surely correct in suggesting that opposition to Hudbay was the "driving force" behind the ill-fated truck-dust proposal (The Star, Dec. 28). I'm puzzled, though, by assumptions ...

Miami defensive back Jakobe Thomas, right, makes a tackle on Ohio State tight end Will Kacmarek during the second half of the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal game on Wednesday in ...

The U.S. government is moving closer to approving deep-sea mining in international waters, opening a contentious new front in the push to secure critical minerals. Federal officials said they will ...

The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to mine the ocean floor. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it had ...

For more than a decade, The Metals Company has poured millions of dollars into researching and developing technology for mining seafloors at extreme depths, funding scientific studies to evaluate the ...

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Scientific studies show substantial reductions in deep-sea biodiversity following mining tests, with impacts potentially lasting decades. Governments are split between environmental caution and the ...