AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoDeep-Sea Mining Fight in American Samoa: Conservation groups say the U.S. cleared a first deep-sea mining lease sale off American Samoa without a full endangered-species review, and Earthjustice has sued over what it calls a too-narrow assessment—while NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer is mapping the seafloor near American Samoa, with dive data not expected to be public until after the November lease process. Local Environmental Planning: The American Samoa Government’s DPW won a $800,000 EPA grant to build a territory-wide stormwater planning system (STREAM), including GIS mapping, asset inventories, and priority coastal outfall upgrades. Food Safety Governance: Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula issued an executive order empowering the Department of Health to use the FDA Model Food Code as the official reference for retail food safety and inspections. Youth, Culture, and Coastal Resilience: Afonotele’s five-week summer program trained 80+ youth in environmental stewardship, including planting ironwood trees along shorelines to help prevent erosion. Digital Child-Safety Settlement: American Samoa is among states in a multistate Meta settlement over alleged addictive design for Instagram and Facebook, with sweeping child-safety reforms required if court-approved.
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