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U.S. could begin seabed mining off the coast of American Samoa
Big Island Now - Hawaii
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July 8, 2025
There is still time to submit comments to the U.S. Department of the Interior on a proposal to authorize seabed mining in American Samoa’s 200-mile economic zone. Seabed mining is the extraction of mineral deposits from the ocean floor, primarily...
Green infrastructure and watershed management training set for Tutuila & Manu’a
Samoa News
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July 9, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Building on previous work in the territory, the Horsley Witten Group is collaborating with The Nature Conservancy, The American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) and the American Samoa Coral Reef...
Trump Administration Wants to Close Key Weather Labs Across the U.S.
The Assembly - North Carolina
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July 7, 2025
This story is published through our partnership with NOTUS. The Trump administration is looking to make sweeping cuts at the nation’s weather agencies, including the closure of all federally funded meteorology labs. The cuts also come as deadly...
Son reports his father to police after alleged domestic disturbance
Samoa News
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July 9, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On May 24, 2025, a male called the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) to report an alleged domestic dispute and disturbance involving his father. The suspect fled the scene but was later apprehended and charged with: Count...
Only one faipule attended the townhall meeting on deepsea mining
Samoa News
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July 9, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last week’s Town Hall meeting on deep-sea mining, held at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium, Swains Island Faipule Alex Jennings stood out as the sole member of the Legislature in attendance. This fact was brought...
American Samoa on alert after imported dengue fever cases confirmed
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
Photo: 123RF The American Samoa Department of Health has issued a travel health alert after confirmation of three imported cases of dengue fever. The department said the disease was found in travelers who had recently returned from Samoa. In its...
US seeking deep-sea miners interested in leasing American Samoa's seabed
The Pacific Island Times
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July 3, 2025
The U.S. is soliciting interest from prospective companies to lease American Samoa's seabed for deep-sea mining, amid a petition launched by advocacy groups seeking to halt the plan. There are only a few days left for the public to comment on the...
Strengthening American Samoan’s health by reducing chronic diseases
Samoa News
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July 3, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territory of American Samoa has been selected as one of only five jurisdictions nationwide to participate in the National Governors Association’s (NGA) “Rx for a Healthier America” initiative. The program, launched...
Waste Of The Day: Puerto Rico, Guam, Others In Debt
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearWire, Topline: The five inhabited U.S. territories are collectively $57.8 billion in debt and have issues with their financial statements that “can lead to poor financial decisions and lost access to capital...
Coalition stands with American Samoa in opposing unilateral proposals for deep seabed mining
Samoa News
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July 2, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Right to Democracy (RtD) and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition have united in support of American Samoa's right to protect its ocean and seabeds from destructive deep seabed mining. The organizations have...
Right to Democracy and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition Stand with American Samoa in Opposing Unilateral Proposals for Deep Seabed Mining
Southern Fried Science
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July 1, 2025
Right to Democracy and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition have united in support of American Samoa’s right to protect its ocean and seabed from destructive deep seabed mining. The organizations have drafted a petition to the Bureau of...
The Urgency is Artificial. My comment on the proposed permitting of deep-sea mining leases off American Samoa
Southern Fried Science
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July 1, 2025
Last month, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, who oversees seabed mineral mining within US water received an application from Impossible Metals to lease an area offshore of American Samoa for deep-sea mining trials. Unlike The Metals...
Head Start may be the unkindest cut of all | Thomas Elias
Hanford Sentinel - California
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A little-hyped effort to gut and likely shut down Project Head Start composes one of the oddest and perhaps cruelest spending cuts mandated by President Trump and his unofficial – but very active – Department of Government Efficiency. This is a...
Fatoata hosts the NOAA Ocean Acidification Teacher Workshop
Samoa News
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July 8, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fatoata hosted a three-day NOAA Ocean Acidification Program Teacher Workshop from Monday, June 23, to Wednesday, June 25. Twenty teachers from all over the island gathered to learn about ocean acidification and its...
Pacific Tuna Fleets Pushed To Lift Ban In Waters They Barely Fished
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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July 9, 2025
The vessels hardly spent any time right outside a marine protected area before its expansion, but fishing leaders and managers say times have changed. President Donald Trump’s order to re-open distant, protected Pacific waters to U.S. fishing...
Voices from the Sea: Shaping the Future of Fishing in American Samoa
Samoa News
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June 23, 2025
HONOLULU — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is coming to American Samoa to hear directly from the people who know the ocean best — the local fishermen. Through a series of community meetings, the Council aims to gather...
Greenpeace USA Slams U.S. Seabed Mining Plans off American Samoa
Talanei
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June 20, 2025
Greenpeace USA has expressed deep disappointment that the US Department of Interior is considering seabed mineral leasing near American Samoa. Greenpeace USA’s Deep Sea mining Campaign Lead Arlo Hemphill said in a statement, “This move disregards...
Training focuses on protecting coastal infrastructure & ecosystems
Talanei
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July 7, 2025
An environmental consulting firm specializing in sustainable and resilient design solutions, will return to American Samoa this month to advance two integrated projects focused on green infrastructure and watershed management training. Building on...
OP-ED: American Samoa must have its say in the EEZ
Samoa News
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June 16, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal official recently confirmed that seabed mining near American Samoa would take place in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) — waters beyond the 3-mile limit, under U.S. federal control. That may be what the law...
Finafinau represents American Samoa at United Nations Ocean Conference
Samoa News
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June 16, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — From June 2– 13, 2025, the city of Nice, France, hosted the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), a global summit dedicated to the sustainable management and protection of the world’s oceans. Representing...