Stop Deep Seabed Mining

November 1 marks the International Day of the Seabed—a moment to honor the vast, life-giving depths of one of God’s most mysterious and life-sustaining ecosystems—the deep ocean.

As Catholics, we are called to protect our common home. The ocean’s depths—teeming with life and vital to Earth’s climate—are sacred gifts of God, not commodities to exploit.

Join us in asking Congress to oppose the Trump Administration’s executive order “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources” and H.R. 4018, which would fast-track deep sea mining in the open ocean outside of U.S. territorial waters, destroying habitats that have taken millions of years to form, and endanger marine life and coastal communities.

Mining the sea floor would cause irreversible harm to creation and threaten communities that depend on it. Please tell Congress to reject this reckless policy and support a global moratorium on deep sea mining to safeguard God’s creation for future generations.

Photo: Deep sea coral community at Wagner Seamount in the Pacific Ocean. Photo by NOAA/Public domain via wikimedia commons.

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