A global oceans summit wrapped up Friday with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown ...

The waters off American Samoa could come up for lease for mineral exploration under a process the Trump administration will ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday that it is exploring the potential for seabed mineral leasing in federal waters off American Samoa. This marks the beginning of a 30-day public ...

A group of footballers, led by Shrewsbury Town midfielder David Wheeler, have come together to demand meaningful action from ...

It goes without saying that these days, tattoos are everywhere. And while societal acceptance of ink has ebbed and flowed, ...

The Trump administration is setting the stage to sell mining rights off the coast of American Samoa as demand surges ... of Ocean Energy already sells oil and gas leases on the US Outer ...

WELLINGTON--An oil spill is “highly probable” from a grounded New Zealand navy ship which sank and caught fire off the coast of Samoa, the Pacific island nation’s acting prime minister said ...

Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy already sells oil and gas leases on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. The agency has also leased offshore waters for wind farm development. But the move to evaluate a ...

Samoa declared a 30-day state of emergency due to widespread and prolonged power outages. The crisis was caused by generator failures, cable faults, storm damage, and increased demand, exposing ...

Minister for Defence Judith Collins says the Samoan Government wants the Manawanui wreck to remain off the coast despite ongoing concerns about residual oil slicks and pollution. The ship ran aground ...

Last week, Samoa's Marine Pollution Advisory Committee ... "The announcement is noteworthy; however, we still detect strong oil and diesel odours from the ocean daily," he said.