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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Danica Coto

Nonprofit sues US as it pushes to auction massive tracks of water around American Samoa

American Samoa Deep Sea Mining - (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

A legal environmental group sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, a month after the Trump administration announced plans to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining.

Earthjustice filed the federal lawsuit against the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on behalf of two groups: Fa‘asao Amerika Samoa and Conservation Council for Hawai‘i.

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