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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There is still not enough known about the seafloor to decide if deep sea mining can start in the Cook Islands, an ocean scientist with the government authority in charge of seabed minerals says.
The Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) returned last week from a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Cook Islands is still a long way from being ready to mine its seafloor, says ocean scientist and executive director of the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, Professor Adam Soule.
Professor Soule made the comment after returning from a 21-day research cruise, "Deep...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — July 1970. The Cold War is thawing, but far from over; the Nixon government is retreating from Vietnam in the face of an enormous anti-war movement; and a corporation called Deepsea Ventures is conducting the world’s first deep sea mining test on the Blake Plateau, 300...
Pago Paago, AMERICAN SAMOA — French Polynesia's president wants Pacific countries to agree to a moratorium on deep sea mining despite the wide range of views on the issue in the region.
Moetai Brotherson represents one of the Pacific countries calling for a moratorium, alongside the likes of Palau...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credibility as champions of climate action. Pacific leaders view sea level rise as an existential threat.
But this united front is now under strain as some Pacific nations pursue a controversial new industry –...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In early August, more than two dozen local residents gathered in Lee auditorium to learn about a proposal to allow deep-sea mining across more than 18 million acres of surrounding waters in the Pacific Ocean.
President Donald Trump had issued an executive order to jump-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A children's book exploring the idea of deep sea nodules was paid for by a charity established and funded by a Cook Islands seabed mining company.
"I know of a treasure. It's ancient and old. A treasure of marvels and wonders untold," is an excerpt from the book, Merio...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — New information shows Canadian mining group The Metals Company (TMC) is a step closer to deep sea mining in international waters under controversial US laws.
Two Pacific nations, Nauru and Tonga, are involved as the company's partners, even though the US process sits...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the fish, sponges and other strange wildlife that make their home on the seafloor dozens of miles from shore, this summer has been unremarkable, barely any different than the decades, centuries or even millennia that have passed by during their long lives. But the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A coalition of U.S. territories is rallying behind American Samoa's opposition to deep seabed mining, highlighting what advocates call a persistent pattern of federal decision-making that bypasses territorial voices on issues affecting their waters, lands and futures....