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USDA Cancels $30 Million Grant Intended To Boost Hawaiʻi Food Production
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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July 18, 2025
Hawaiʻi program leaders say there are few alternative funding options available to local farmers who want to increase and improve operations. Hawaiʻi can no longer use millions of dollars in federal grant money awarded in 2023 to increase food...
U.S. House committee requests briefing on deep sea mining sector
Samoa News
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July 17, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A July 15, letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Committee on Oversite and Government Reform has requested a staff- level briefing as soon as possible but no later than...
AP: American Samoa tuna fleet rarely used protected Pacific waters re-opened by Trump
Undercurrent News
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July 11, 2025
American Samoan officials and the US tuna industry got what they had lobbied for when president Donald Trump signed Proclamation 10918 on April 17, reopening over 400,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean to commercial fishing after 11 years of it...
Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Port facility
Samoa News
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July 17, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 11th, The American Samoa Government held a formal groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the new Port Facility at the Fagatogo Wharf. In his address, Governor Pulaali’i N. Pula expressed his gratitude to...
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...
Interior extends public comment period on minerals lease sale
Samoa News
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July 17, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As originally published in Samoa News, on June 12, 2025 the U.S. Department of the Interior announced its intent to publish a Request for Information and Interest (RFI) for commercial leasing for Outer Continental Shelf...
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...
Majority of speakers at Deep Sea Mining Town Hall express concern
Samoa News
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July 10, 2025
(FP) 2776.JPG Musuaina Collins of Pago Pago, a staff member of the American Samoa Resilience Office, spoke on behalf of her colleagues and the youth of Samoa, emphasizing the critical importance of protecting marine resources for future...
Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf Coast States, Biodiversity
WhoWhatWhy
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July 10, 2025
The US military is a major interest in this new extractive industry, which is poised to emerge both off- and on-shore. Listen To This Story Along the industry-laden Gulf Coast, a new type of extractive industry is taking shape. Two deep-sea mining...
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...
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...
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...
US federal agency opens door to deep-sea mining – and industry players are lining up to apply
Eco-Business
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July 9, 2025
On June 25, the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), a department within the federal government that manages the nation’s natural resources, announced plans to accelerate the initiation of deep-sea mining in US waters, effectively...
U.S. federal agency clears ways for deep-sea mining — and companies are lining up
Mongabay
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July 8, 2025
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced rule changes that would accelerate deep-sea mining in U.S. waters. The move includes shortened environmental review timelines and extended prospecting permits, which will...
SPW Fitness 2025 American Samoa Marathon, Half Marathon a success
Samoa News
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June 24, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — SPW Fitness proudly hosted its annual American Samoa Marathon and Half Marathon on June 21, 2025, in Utulei, drawing an impressive turnout of local and international runners. The event, complemented by the Olympic Day...
Lukasz Urbaniak of Poland wins American Samoa marathon
Talanei
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June 23, 2025
SPW Fitness hosted its annual American Samoa Marathon and Half Marathon Saturday in Utulei, drawing an impressive turnout of local and international runners. The event, complemented by the Olympic Day 5K and 10K fun runs, showcased athletic...
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...
Statement by AS Republican Party on seabed mining
Talanei
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July 2, 2025
“The potential for responsible development of critical minerals within our Exclusive Economic Zone presents an opportunity worth exploring,” says the Chairman of the Republican Party of American Samoa, Taulapapa William Sword. He issued a...
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...