{
  "id": 3027698,
  "title": "America's Unilateral Bid For Deep Ocean Minerals—Met With Contempt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/americas-unilateral-bid-for-deep-ocean-minerals-met-with-contempt",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2026/08/24/americas-unilateral-bid-for-deep-ocean-minerals-met-with-contempt/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The U.S. just approved a bid to mine the Pacific seafloor for EV battery metals—bypassing the UN's ocean authority and triggering global backlash.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}