Trump Is Ripping Up the Ocean
Stop Trump / Ekō

(August 1. 2026) — There is a place on Earth we know less about than the surface of the moon. This vast, mysterious frontier lies thousands of meters beneath the waves, where ancient corals, ghostly octopuses, and countless species that haven’t even been discovered have evolved over millions of years.

Now, Donald Trump is rushing to sell it off. He signed an executive order fast-tracking a plan to give a private mining company the right to rip up parts of the deep ocean that don’t even belong to the United States (or any country at all!), sidestepping international law and treating humanity’s shared ocean as a corporate free-for-all.

If we don’t stop this power grab, it could shatter decades of international rules that have protected one of the last truly wild places on Earth, handing it over to one billionaire-backed mining company to destroy for profit.

That’s why Ekō is racing to turn this deep-sea mining giveaway into a global scandal — exposing what Trump and The Metals Company are doing, rallying governments to defend international law, and making this reckless ocean grab too toxic to succeed.

Can you chip in today to help Ekō stop this rush to privatize the deep ocean and protect all of Earth’s wild places?

The deep sea doesn’t belong to Donald Trump, or Canada, or The Metals Company.

Under international law, the seabed beyond national waters is recognized as a shared global treasure that no single country or corporation has the right to seize for private profit. But Trump has ordered his administration to fast-track mining permits outside the UN system, while The Metals Company is racing to exploit that loophole before the rest of the world has even agreed on whether deep-sea mining should happen at all.

Scientists warn that giant mining machines could tear apart ecosystems that have existed for millions of years, sending vast sediment plumes through the ocean and destroying species we may never even discover.
And if Trump and The Metals Company get away with it, every government and mining corporation on Earth will get the same message: the global commons are up for grabs. We cannot let that precedent be set.

With your support, Ekō could expose The Metals Company’s reckless plan before world leaders gather at the UN’s International Seabed Authority later this month. Then, we could unleash unprecedented global pressure on Canada and the rest of the UN to defend international law before this dangerous precedent takes hold.

Will you rush a donation today to help us stop Trump’s attempt to privatize the deep ocean, defend one of Earth’s last untouched ecosystems, and protect our shared natural heritage for generations to come?

We’ve seen what happens when corporations rush into fragile ecosystems, leaving only destruction behind. This time, we have a chance to stop the damage before it begins. But only if we move quickly.

Thanks for all that you do,
Allison and the team at Ekō

More information:

* Mining companies may soon bypass UN rules and mine the deep sea
The Conversation 08 June 2026
• The Vancouver Company Working with Trump to Mine the Deep Sea | The Tyee
The Tyee 01 July 2026