“In the northern Pacific, waters at the northern end of the Northern Mariana Islands, including the Mariana Trench, “
We don’t hear much about the Mariana Islands since Abramoff went to the pokey. He and Grover Norquist were big lobbyists stopping any labor improvements there so they could keep cheap labor/trade agreements, but the goods are labeled made in USA.
So, who profits by getting this protected marine area....wonder if Grover’s environmental group lobbied for it.
http://edwize.org/follow-the-money-from-abramoff-and-lobbygate-to-for-profit-education
Why didn’t Norquist get stung in the Abramoff scandle? They’ve been buddies since college.