Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Is Reviewing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ImpossibleMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpossibleMetals</span></a> Proposal to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mine</span></a> the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seabed</span></a><br>The Interior Department said it would review a new proposal for operations off the coast of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AmericanSamoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanSamoa</span></a>.<br>The move follows an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/executiveorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorder</span></a> that urged government agencies to expedite permits for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/seabedmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seabedmining</span></a> in US territorial waters as well as international waters. Most other nations argue US does not have the legal right to mine the seabed beyond its own territorial waters. <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/climate/trump-seabed-mining-impossible-metals-american-samoa.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/21/climate</span><span class="invisible">/trump-seabed-mining-impossible-metals-american-samoa.html</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/B5zn4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/B5zn4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>