Nonprofit sues U.S. as it pushes to auction massive tracks of water around American Samoa
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.
TL;DR
- A legal environmental group filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government.
- The lawsuit seeks to halt the Trump administration's plans for deep-sea mining auctions.
- The auctions involve massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa.
- The plans were announced last month.