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Jamaica Says No To Deep Sea Mining

Video By Esther Figueroa On 31 March, 2023, Jamaicans under the leadership of the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council held a protest to...

Ban Deep Sea Mining: More Nations Join the Call for a Moratorium

By Elizabeth Claire Alberts / MONGABAY At the U.N. Ocean Conference taking place this week in Lisbon, momentum has been building in...

Rally calls out Deep Sea Mining as "Greenwashing"

On World Ocean Day, activists in Canada said "NO!" to deep sea mining. Rallies were held in Vancouver and Victoria, BC. Activists gave...

This is the Moment to Stop Deep Sea Mining

By Julia Barnes Can you imagine a mine so large it would span the continental United States? An industrial project this size is currently...

Stop Deep Sea Mining Before it Happens

BY JULIA BARNES This article was originally published in Counterpunch. Even as the ocean struggles under the assaults of industrial...

5 Reasons to Ban Deep Sea Mining

Image by Sebastian Pena Lambarri Exploitation of the deep sea may begin in less than two years. Here’s why it should be stopped....

The Green Deceit of Deep Sea Mining

This article was originally published in Counterpunch. “To build a green future, in the next couple of decades the world will need to...

Deep Sea Defenders Call to Action

The Republic of Nauru turned the deep-sea mining world on its head this summer when it invoked Article 15, colloquially known as the...