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Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law

Inside Climate News · By Teresa Tomassoni · last updated
Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.

By Teresa Tomassoni

In 2013, a deep sea mining company named UK Seabed Resources contracted marine biologist Diva Amon and other scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa to survey a section of the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast swath of international waters located in the Pacific Ocean that spans around 2 million square miles between Hawaii and Mexico.