Plundering the Abyss: How Trump Gutted NOAA to Pave the Way for Deep-Sea Mining
The Pacific guardians were silenced. Now the deep sea is open for business.
In the dark waters of the Pacific, a new kind of gold rush is underway. But this time, the gold is cobalt, nickel, and manganese, and the rush is being led not by private industry alone, but by a U.S. government agency once devoted to protecting the very ocean it's now being weaponized to exploit.
