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Lawsuit Challenges US Approval of Deep-Sea Mining Exploration Permit

Original: Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Greenlighting of International Deep-Sea Mining Exploration Permit

Environmental groups Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's approval of an international deep-sea mining exploration permit. The suit contests the government's greenlighting of seabed mineral exploration in international waters, a move conservationists argue threatens fragile ocean ecosystems that remain largely unexplored and could set a precedent for unchecked commercial extraction of the deep sea.

Why now: The filing marks a new legal front in the escalating fight over deep-sea mining and US ocean policy.

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• Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Greenlighting of International Deep-Sea Mining Exploration Permit · earthjustice.org
• Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Greenlighting of International Deep-Sea Mining Exploration Permit · Center for Biological Diversity

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