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Trump Administration Takes Energy, Offshore Mining Policies to U.S. Territories

May 23, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--This week, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump took steps to further its push for mining and fossil-fueled power into the U.S. territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico. On Monday, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it would start the evaluation process for issuing a mining lease in waters offshore American Samoa in the South Pacific, while on Wednesday, the Department of Energy announced that funds originally allocated for solar and battery projects in Puerto Rico would go toward strengthening primarily oil-fired baseload power as well as infrastructure maintenance.

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