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A Canadian mining company wants Trump’s permission to mine the deep sea

The Metals Company, which has been trying for years to exploit battery materials strewn across the ocean floor, announced today that it has applied...

Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability

Elon Musk’s expansive portfolio of companies could avoid more than $2.37 billion in potential legal liability due to his unprecedented influence over the US...

Bending to industry, Donald Trump issues executive order to “expedite” deep sea mining

Donald Trump wants to mine the depths of the ocean for critical minerals ubiquitous in rechargeable batteries, signing an executive order on Thursday to...

How AI is reshaping wildlife conservation — for better or worse

Over the wetlands of Senegal, researcher Alexandre Delplanque pilots a drone to count waterbirds: pelicans, flamingos, and terns. He flies the drone, but AI...

The EPA cracked down on Tesla and SpaceX. Then Elon Musk and DOGE took over. 

Elon Musk runs companies that make electric vehicles and solar panels, things that are supposed to reduce pollution and fight climate change. But over...

The US hikes tariffs on solar products from Asia

Solar cells from four Southeast Asian countries that have been major suppliers to the US are facing newly increased tariffs, hiked up as high...

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