“This is a clear sign that the U.S. will no longer be a global leader on protecting the oceans, which support all life on this planet.”
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Washington DC, USA, – President Trump signed yesterday a sweeping Executive Order advancing U.S. ambitions to launch deep sea mining in U.S. and international waters.[1] This rogue action is highly politically controversial for appearing to bypass the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the regulatory body set up by the United Nations to protect the deep sea as the common heritage of humankind and decide whether deep sea mining can start in the international seabed.
Arlo Hemphill, Project Lead on Greenpeace USA’s campaign to stop deep sea mining, said: “We condemn this administration’s attempt to launch this destructive industry on the high seas in the Pacific by bypassing the United Nations process. This is an insult to multilateralism and a slap in the face to all the countries and millions of people around the world who oppose this dangerous industry.”
