US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific

US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific

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US agency releases plan to lease millions of hectares of seabed off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam A US government plan to lease out millions of hectares of seabed near the Mariana Trench for deep sea exploration has drawn opposition from US territories in the Pacific, as the Tru

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