A visit to the remote Pacific island ecosystem losing protections
NPR's Lauren Sommer reports from Palmyra Atoll, a remote U.S. marine national monument in the Pacific, where pristine ecosystems are under threat from President Trump’s move to open protected waters to commercial fishing. The decision reignites a high-stakes clash between conservationists
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