Google told the Trump administration it’s worried about a plan to mine the seafloor for critical minerals, saying it could damage the company’s planned underwater cable system.
The pushback from one of the world’s biggest tech firms complicates an effort by the White House that at first would only directly affect American Samoa—a territory that’s home to fewer than 50,000 people, more than 4,500 miles from the continental US.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is taking feedback on a plan to lease minerals on the American Samoan Outer Continental Shelf in ...
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