AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoDeep-Sea Mining Push: Pacific island leaders are alarmed after the U.S. moved ahead with plans to auction nearby ocean for deep-sea mining exploration, with leaders saying there were “no consultations” and warning it could disrupt food security and island identity—American Samoa is being treated as a key test case, and Guam and the Northern Marianas may face similar next steps. Ocean Protections Rolled Back: Trump also signed a move to allow commercial fishing inside three Bush-era Pacific marine national monuments, including the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument in American Samoa, drawing sharp condemnation from conservationists and Indigenous communities. Citizenship Fight: Trump signed new executive orders aimed at narrowing birthright citizenship after a Supreme Court loss, with the orders targeting additional categories of children born in the U.S. Local Updates (American Samoa): Samoa Airways’ Fitiuta runway incident recovery is expected to take months; a supplemental maternal and child health grant of $130,884 was announced for ASDOH; Manu‘a residents met to discuss transparency over Atu‘u trust land lease payments; and the Basic Food Index rose 0.8% in July, driven by higher turkey tails prices.
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