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Adelup warns feds are sidelining Guam on seabed mining decisions
The Guam Daily Post
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The Governor's Office is voicing concerns that the federal government is sidelining Guam's input on deep seabed mining decisions in island waters, mirroring complaints from American Samoa as the Trump administration accelerates critical mineral...
Canada risks legal blowback over deep-sea mining firm’s actions
Prince Albert Daily Herald
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Rochelle Baker Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Canada’s National Observer The Canadian deep-sea mining company making waves by trying to sidestep international constraints to extract critical minerals from the ocean floor is now facing...
Nauru starts selling passports to fund climate action
The Manila Times
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August 7, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia — A remote Pacific nation has started selling passports to fund climate action, but is so far struggling to attract new citizens to the low-lying, largely barren island. Pacific microstate Nauru, one of the world’s smallest...
Nauru sells first passports to help fund relocations as sea levels rise
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 7, 2025
Australia's Pacific neighbour, Nauru, has sold its first passports as part of a program raising funds for the relocation of residents affected by rising sea levels. The tiny island nation launched the scheme in February but it only approved its...
U.S begins talks with Cook Islands on seabed mining, gears up to compete with China
Island Times
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August 8, 2025
WASHINGTON/RAROTONGA (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) —-The U.S has begun discussions with the Cook Islands on the exploration of seabed minerals within its waters, in a bid to catch up with China, which has previously clinched a similar deal with the...
Pacific microstate Nauru sells first passports to fund climate action
Inquirer
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August 7, 2025
This photograph taken on September 2, 2018 shows a beach view in Ewa on the Pacific island of Nauru. FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse SYDNEY — A remote Pacific nation has started selling passports to fund climate action, but is so far struggling to...
Tonga signs updated seabed mining agreement with The Metals Company
RNZ
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August 6, 2025
Photo: The Metals Company Tonga has a new contract with Canadian mining group The Metals Company (TMC) The deep sea mining frontrunner announced the "revised sponsorship agreement" between the Tongan government and TMC's subsidiary Tonga Offshore...
German family Nauru's first ‘climate citizens’ under investment program
The Pacific Island Times
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August 5, 2025
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Nauru has welcomed a German family of four who became the first new citizens under the island nation’s Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program. The program, announced at COP29 late last year, provides...
US begins talks with Cook Islands on seabed mining, gears up to compete with China
The Pacific Island Times
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August 6, 2025
The U.S. has begun discussions with the Cook Islands on the exploration of seabed minerals within its waters, in a bid to catch up with China, which has previously clinched a similar deal with the island nation. “Together, we commit to advancing...
Protecting Uncharted Ecosystems: Why We Need a Deep-Seabed Mining Moratorium
Earth.Org
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August 6, 2025
Minerals like cobalt, nickel, manganese, copper and rare Earth metals are more valuable than ever, essential components of anything from rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles to electrical wiring. Their extraction involves deep-seabed...
Nauru made the right decision to develop China relationship, official says
Marianas Variety
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Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Nauruan President David Adeang in the Northern Hall of the Great Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China, March 25, 2024. CGTN photo (Government of Nauru) —...
Nauru made the right decision to develop China relationship: President Adeang
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 31, 2025
Nauru President David Adeang says the government’s decision in January 2024 to re-establish diplomatic relations with China has paid great dividends for the nation, and told Nauruans to expect more economic prosperity. Speaking during his recent...
NGO urges Tonga to reject new deep sea mining deal
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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August 2, 2025
Tonga faces mounting pressure to reject a proposed deep sea mining contract with Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC). The Civil Society Forum of Tonga (CSFT) says the government should walk away from negotiations over a new mining agreement...
‘What choice have I got?’: Lana built a life in Australia after years on Nauru – but now faces returning to the Iran she fled to keep it
The Guardian
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August 1, 2025
Lana and Scott* met in torrential rain: she was waiting for a bus, he offered her a lift. “We just kicked it off,” Scott remembers of the chance meeting on Nauru in 2015. He was a senior manager in construction, building Australia’s offshore...
Canada risks legal blowback over deep-sea mining firm's actions
Canada's National Observer
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July 30, 2025
The Canadian deep-sea mining company making waves by trying to sidestep international constraints to extract critical minerals from the ocean floor is now facing increased global scrutiny and legal threats. What’s more, by failing to rein in the...
A sales-pitch pivot brings deep-sea mining closer to reality
Mongabay
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July 31, 2025
Early on, Canada-based The Metals Company cast the rocks it seeks to mine from the deep seafloor as a crucial resource for electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies, positioning them as a solution to the accelerating climate crisis....
Deep-sea mining meeting closes without resolving whether mining can start in July
Pacific News Service
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As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence in the near future. At the 07-31 March meetings in Kingston, Jamaica, of the International Seabed Authority...
Tonga weighs new deep sea mining deal with The Metals Company
RNZ
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July 30, 2025
The Metals Company is a key player in the deep sea mining industry. Photo: Facebook / The Metals Company Tonga is considering a new deep sea mining contract with Canadian mining group The Metals Company (TMC) - and a local NGO says the government...
Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event
Lancaster Farming - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
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Governments must rise to the moment and vote in favour of a moratorium on deep sea mining – Greenpeace
The Daily Blog
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July 29, 2025
The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While high-level representatives from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the...