Trump administration will let companies bid to mine the deep ocean off American Samoa's coast
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- The Hill reports: “The Trump administration is officially moving ahead with a decision to lease ocean tracts off the coast of American Samoa for deep-sea mining. The decision, announced Monday, would represent the fi…”
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