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Lolo urges Amata to fight again seabed mining plan
Talanei
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May 29, 2025
Former Governor Lolo Letalu Moliga is urging Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata to do all she can to prevent deep sea mining in waters in and around American Samoa. A May 26th letter that Lolo sent the Congresswoman thanked her for her efforts in...
Guam to host Senior Little League regional qualifier
The Guam Daily Post
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For 4 regional baseball teams, the road to the 2025 Little League Senior World Series goes through Guam. Starting Tuesday, at the Northern Sports Complex baseball fields in Harmon, Guam will host the 2025 Little League Asia Pacific/Middle East...
Impossible Metals Applies for Deep Sea Mining Lease
Engineering & Mining Journal - Florida
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May 28, 2025
Impossible Metals, a U.S.-based deep-sea mining company, has submitted a request to commence a leasing process for exploration and potential mining of critical minerals in the deep sea off the coast of American Samoa. Impossible Metals is the...
Why the Jones Act’s future is dividing Ned Lamont, Joe Courtney
The Connecticut Mirror
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June 6, 2025
Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. Faced with widespread voter frustration over energy costs and limited capacity on pipelines delivering natural gas to Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont...
Amata welcomes USEPA grant to ensure beaches are safe
Talanei
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May 29, 2025
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming $302,000 in federal funds for American Samoa from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorized by Congress in the BEACH Act. “The EPA is fulfilling one of its original key functions with...
WestPac tackles Pacific Fisheries challenges at 156th Meeting
Samoa News
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June 6, 2025
HONOLULU — From shifting ocean temperatures to changing fishery participation, the Pacific’s marine ecosystems are in flux. The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) is meeting June 4–6,...
Am Samoa to receive $302,000 EPA Water Quality Monitoring Grant
Samoa News
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May 29, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming $302,000 in federal funds for American Samoa from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorized by Congress in the BEACH Act. “The EPA is fulfilling one of its original key...
Canadian technology could be used to mine the deep seas, but there's growing alarm over the risks
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 6, 2025
In dark waters near Collingwood, Ont., a giant yellow machine with metallic claws precisely snatches tiny rock balls from the lakebed, kicking up sediment with each grab. While it looks like a claw game at an arcade, for Impossible Metals, it's a...
Controlling powers urged to back territories
The BVI Beacon
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June 6, 2025
The United Kingdom and other “administering powers” should set aside their national interest to support self-determination for the Virgin Islands and the 16 other non-independent territories they control, according to VI Special Envoy Benito...
Directors & Deputy Directors undergo EEO training
Talanei
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June 6, 2025
ASG directors and deputy directors recently received training on workplace compliance and equal employment principles from ASG’s two newly certified EEO investigators Faatigafua Fuatgavi and Levi Maugalei. Participants were reminded of their...
Samoa PM warns of growing geopolitical interest in Pacific
Samoa News
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May 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says it's a tough time for the Pacific region as leaders navigate a dynamic geopolitical arena, with various countries seeking more involvement and influence. Speaking to RNZ Pacific...
ASG updates public on ARPA funded projects during the Pula- Pulu admin
Samoa News
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May 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government has released an official press release to the public updating the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding projects, as of December 31, 2024. It assures that “American Samoa has successfully...
Deep sea mining frontrunner set to sidestep UN oversight — pivots to US
Samoa News
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May 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Deep sea mining frontrunner The Metals Company (TMC) has confirmed it will not apply for a mining license through the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in June, instead it will exclusively apply through US...
Polynesian church sprouts in unlikely place
Baptist Press - Tennessee
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June 4, 2025
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – What possibly is the first Polynesian church in the Southern Baptist Convention started a year ago in a western suburb of Salt Lake City. All it took was connecting a pastor who prayed for 10 years in South Carolina with a...
ASEPA gets grant to monitor water quality at beaches
Talanei
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May 23, 2025
American Samoa is being awarded a grant of $302,000 by the US Environmental Protection Agency to monitor water quality at beaches and to notify the public if elevated levels of illness causing bacteria make swimming unsafe. The grant comes from a...
Congresswoman’s statement about seabed mining
Talanei
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June 3, 2025
There have been calls for Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has issued a statement concerning seabed mining. “The people are always my top priority, and I will always stand with you. We highly value our ocean and land, from the reefs to the...
MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter - June 3, 2025
JD Supra - California
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June 4, 2025
Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Enforcement team is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general (“State AGs”) across the country and...
Amata: “I will always stand with the people”
Samoa News
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June 4, 2025
Washington, D.C. — June 03, 2025 — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement regarding seabed critical minerals: “The people are always my top priority, and I will always stand with you. We highly value our ocean and land,...
Trump’s deep sea mining order condemned by ocean conservationists
Samoa News
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May 19, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — United States President Donald Trump's latest executive order aimed at boosting the deep sea mining industry is a "contemporary militarization of the Pacific region yet again", says an advocate for ocean conservation...
World’s nations to gather in France to tackle what UN says is a global emergency in the oceans
Associated Press
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May 27, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s nations are gathering in France next month to tackle what the United Nations calls a global emergency facing the world’s oceans as they confront rising temperatures, plastic pollution choking marine life, and...