Greenpeace International activists distrupt new deep sea mining impact testing.
It’s unethical, dangerous, destructive, and wrong!
The deep sea mining industry wants to scrape, slash, and scour the ocean floor, where so much of life begins!
They’re hoping to mine for minerals used in batteries — despite the fact that the industry is shifting to greener batteries that can be recycled and last longer! We can have clean energy and healthy oceans — but not if this IRRESPONSIBLE EXPLOITATION AND DESTRUCTION is allowed to start!
Here’s the good news: the practice of commercial deep sea mining is still not allowed under international law. But we have less than two years left until an obscure United Nations agency1 could open up the oceans to this destructive industry,2 and we have only one week left before the end of the year when our year-end match opportunity expires.
Stopping the imminent launch of commercial deep sea mining is so urgent that another caring partner has just provided an additional $300,000 in matching funds, bringing the total to $600,000 for our matching gift opportunity!
We know greedy corporations are going to fight us tooth and nail (just like they always have) to continue their exploitation of our planet. We need to be prepared to fight back for as long as it takes, that’s why I wanted to be sure you knew that when you start a monthly contribution, your first gift can ALSO be matched — $3 for every $1 — to support our campaigns for the long haul and meet our new $600,000 goal.
When we’re going up against big corporations, we’re relying on the unwavering support of our monthly donors to carry us through. Will you help us rise to this new matching gift challenge by starting a monthly contribution today?
With your support, Greenpeace has been relentlessly documenting the exploitation of our ocean. Corporations have viewed our oceans as the world’s trash can for years, and this new industry will only make matters worse. Put simply, it’s horrifying.
Greedy deep sea mining companies think that just because no one can see down into the depths, we don’t know the harm they’re doing. But we are watching, and we’re holding them accountable!
It seems like there is NOWHERE greedy corporations won’t go and no damage they won’t do to make a buck. From the forests of the Amazon and Indonesia, to the Arctic and the waters off Antarctica, to our local communities and right down to the deep ocean floor, if they see a dollar they’ll dig and destroy until they get it.
They have multi-billion-dollar budgets. We have you. Every dollar that funds our critical campaign — and every dollar funding the $600,000 year-end match — is contributed by friends like you who care about people and the planet. Not from corporations, and not from governments!
Without healthy oceans, our planet won’t survive. We won’t survive. The destruction being planned for the ocean floor is reprehensible, life-threatening and could one day be irreversible if we don’t stop it now.
So please. Don’t let greedy corporations destroy your planet and future. Fight back by starting a monthly contribution to Greenpeace USA now. Thank you!
For our oceans,
Arlo Hemphill
Senior Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace USA
[1] isa.org.jm/
[2] theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/30/deep-sea-mining-could-start-in-two-years-after-pacific-nation-of-nauru-gives-un-ultimatum
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