By the Greenpeace Team
The deep sea is a treasure trove of biodiversity and home to untold wonders and possibilities. It is also one of our best allies against climate change. But a threat is coming: deep sea mining. The good news is we can stop this industry before it’s too late, but we don’t have much time.
The Metals Company (TMC) is using the most aggressive, controversial tactics to try and start deep sea mining, including bypassing the international legal framework and lobbying the US government to let them carve up the Pacific Ocean.
If this industry is allowed to start, gigantic machines weighing more than a blue whale will be lowered onto the ocean floor to plunder these pristine ocean ecosystems.
Imagine if we could go back in time and stop offshore drilling at the dawn of the oil age and prevent environmental and climate catastrophes. This is where we are at with deep sea mining. This is a once in a generation opportunity: to stop another extractive industry from damaging the global oceans the way the fossil fuel companies have done to the climate.
Governments need to come together and take a strong stand against deep sea mining. They have to support a moratorium and send a clear message that they are unified against rogue actors, on the side of ocean protection, not exploitation.
Please join the Alliance in signing this Greenpeace petition to take a stand to stop the launch of this destructive new extractive industry and put the deep sea off-limits to mining for good.