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Current legal frameworks can't protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind
The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are ...
Days After Trump Commits to Seabed Mining, Two Sides Face Off
At a congressional hearing, one executive welcomed President Trump’s “starting gun” to begin mining. Democrats and ...
Bill to recognize Gulf of America in maps, school materials fails in Alabama Senate
Hayden, to endorse President Donald Trump’s name change for the Gulf of Mexico, failed Tuesday in the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government. The bill failed with a tie of four yays and ...
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Oil companies have downplayed extent of spills in Gulf of Mexico, investigation finds
One morning in early April 2024, Elías Naal Hernández set out with his fishing net to try his luck in the waters of Isla ...
Trump Ignites A Fight Over Seabed Mining
In this week's Current Climate newsletter, Trump has ignited a new fight over seabed mining; America’s only rare-earth mine ...
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DeSantis signs bills, makes Florida 1st state to legally recognize 'Gulf of America'
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed bills renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in state law and textbooks. This action aligns with a previous executive order from former President ...