Fears Trump's deep-sea mining order will irreparably harm ecosystems

Environment groups say Thursday order ignores effort to adopt rules to prevent harmful mining of ocean floor Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for minerals, saying it could irreparably harm marine ecosystems and ignores an ongoing process to adopt international rules for the practice. Trump's Thursday order directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fast-track permits for companies to mine the ocean floor ...