In another embrace of traditional symbolism, the agency has changed its logo. Instead of a sunburst ... agreed to join an independent International Seabed Authority that would govern mining ...

The logo for U.S.A.I.D. was covered over at ... have urged restraint until the International Seabed Authority, an agency created under the treaty, agrees on rules for how companies can go about ...

A Rohingya refugee girl holds a jar with USAID logo imprinted, at the refugee camp in Cox ... For years, diplomats have tried to set rules for mining the ocean floor at the International Seabed ...

The White House’s executive order last month purports to authorize mining in international waters – against the authority of ...

Canada's The Metals Company said Tuesday it applied to the United States to mine deep-sea minerals in international waters, a ...

Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA)) was sent into a full-blown tizzy by the notion that the United States would dare to mine the seabed without its permission. The ISA maintains ...

The Metals Company's US subsidiary has applied to NOAA for deep-sea mining permits, bypassing the International Seabed Authority and sparking international controversy. This move, enabled by a ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday destabilized a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an executive order that could eventually open up international waters to excavation firms ...

The initiative thrusts an agency known for regulating U.S. oceans and fisheries into a potential diplomatic row with the International Seabed Authority. President Donald Trump’s assertion that ...

The executive order will help private deep-sea mining companies to access mineral-rich nodules on the sea floor.