Interior will hold first offshore mining lease sale

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Interior will hold first offshore mining lease sale The Trump administration is officially moving ahead with a decision to lease ocean tracts off the coast of American Samoa for deep-sea mining. © Fili Sagapolutele, Associated Press file The decision, announced Monday, would represent the...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Interior will hold first offshore mining lease sale The Trump administration is officially moving ahead with a decision to lease ocean tracts off the coast of American Samoa for deep-sea mining. © Fili Sagapolutele, Associated Press file The decision, announced Monday, would represent the...