Tag: NOAA
‘Teeming with life’: Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive
By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific
A 26-day deep sea expedition in the Cook Islands by a United States scientific agency has uncovered new information...
Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
Pacific delegates in the United States Congress are warning efforts to fast-track deep-seabed mining...
Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed...
By Losirene Lacanivalu, of the Cook Islands News
A leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group is hoping that the Cook Islands government will speak out...
Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining
RNZ Pacific
An ocean conservation non-profit has condemned the United States President's latest executive order aimed at boosting the deep sea mining industry.
President Donald Trump...
Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific
By Gujari Singh in Washington
The Trump administration has issued a new executive order opening up vast swathes of protected ocean to commercial exploitation, including...
