The growing debate over deep-sea mining reflects the EV battery industry's need for critical minerals. Critics such as Greenpeace warn of the irreversible damage to fragile deep-sea ecosystem.

With the rise in popularity and demand for electric vehicles (EVs), there has been a concurrent expansion of battery production across the world. Tesla is exploring opening a new factory and mining ...

Activists are concerned that high-profile cobalt consumer Tesla isn't doing enough to demand that its cobalt be mined ethically without the use of child or forced labor. The EV company says it is ...