Alaska’s icy Arctic waters are a paradise for sea life,
teeming with beluga whales, sea otters, and ghost octopuses.
Scientists say there are still THOUSANDS of undiscovered species
that share these waters with them.
But if Trump gets his way, it’ll be destroyed before we get
the chance to. Reckless companies are poised to move in and mine
for the precious minerals that lie underneath the seabed.
We have less than a week to stop them.
The federal agency in charge is running a public consultation
period. By law, they must review public comments before deciding
whether to move forward -- which means overwhelming public
opposition could still slow this down, or stop it
altogether.
Once we get 100,000 signatures, we will submit them to the public
consultation and take out a full-page ad in a major US newspaper so
that there can be no doubt this plan is a guaranteed vote loser.
Sign now to protect Alaska’s ocean from deep-sea
mining.
These companies say that they can mine without harming marine
life and coastal communities. But biologists and ocean
conservationists warn that industrial mining could create toxic
pollution and obliterate delicate ecosystems.
We don’t even know what we are destroying - deep-sea
scientists say that each time an expedition is launched to collect
new species, they find that at least 70% of them have never been
discovered before!
Also, mining disturbs the carbon stored underneath the ocean bed,
releasing it and potentially accelerating climate change. This is
the last thing our planet needs.
This beautiful ocean, home to rich biodiversity and which coastal
communities depend on for their livelihoods, must be off-limits to
the predatory deep-sea mining industry.
Ekō’s incredible community has stopped projects like this before
- when over 160,000 people opposed the Pebble Mine project in
Alaska, the US Environmental Protection Agency listened and shelved
the project.
Now let’s do it again to protect the Alaskan Arctic. Add your
name and spread the word.
Sign now to protect Alaska’s ocean from deep-sea
mining.
