Record of decision slated to be issued in 30 days By Pacific Island Times News Staff Saipan– The U.S. Marine Corps has released the final environmental impact statement for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Joint Military Training project involving the construction of new training infrastructure and the establishment of a Training Area and Range Operations Command on Tinian. The record of decision will be issued in 30 days following the release of the final EI

Leaders of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa welcomed President Trump's move to restore commercial fishing in federally protected Pacific waters, amid a threat of legal action from an environmental group.

Trump administration expands target areas for deep-sea mining in the Pacific By Mar-Vic Cagurangan The Ocean Exploration Trust today launches its two-week seabed-mapping expedition around the Mariana Islands, the first of five trips scheduled this year to survey the region's uncharted ocean floor, which the Trump administration seeks to lease for critical-mineral extraction. OET said the expeditions aim to "fill critical gaps in ocean knowledge" by charting the deep ocea