Nonprofit sues U.S. as it pushes to auction massive tracks of water around American Samoa
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A legal environmental group sued the U.S. government on Tuesday to halt the Trump administration’s plans announced last month 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…
