Arlo Hemphill

A poster featuring The Sierra Club National Marine Team presents: The Science, Policy, and Cultural Implications of Deep Sea Mining with a date of November 12, 2025.

The Sierra Club National Marine Team presents:
The Science, Policy, and Cultural Implications of Deep Sea Mining

This is going to be a great talk. Any chance to sit down with Uncle Sol is an opportunity I wouldn't miss. @arlohemphill.bsky.social is cool, too.

Common water monitor today in a canal of central Bangkok

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Jah be with you mon :(

The radical leftists and antifa protesting this weekend have a “No Kings” flag they’ll be waving. I’m posting it here so you can identify them and stay safe.

Solve the AIDS crisis, become vilified. Bully college students, get a medal of honor. Got it. We’re in the Upside Down.

Blessings to all on Indigenous People’s Day!

The reason MAGA thinks Bad Bunny isn’t an American isn’t because of ignorance of Puerto Rico. It’s because they saw the headlines when he chose not to tour in the U.S. & immediately assumed he’s protecting himself. They can’t comprehend the idea of someone giving up $ to protect others.

You might be able to hide behind the need for rule of law when it comes to undocumented migrants, but Kristi Noem going after Bad Bunny is blatant racism. What business is it of hers? He’s a talented, law-abiding citizen, and one of biggest talents of our time.

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Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 - follow live The campaigner, a

These days feel like the early part of the Lord of the Rings, when all that was good in the world began to fade away. Have hope that Frodo did eventually destroy the ring.
Goodbye sweet Jane.

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Nations urged to immediately start work on high seas sanctuaries as historic Ocean Treaty milestone hit - Greenpeace - Greenpeace In a landmark moment for ocean protection, the Global Ocean Treaty reached its 60th ratification today as world leaders gather at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, clearing the way for ...

Let’s get those high seas sanctuaries going!

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‘Super big deal’: High seas treaty reaches enough ratifications to become law A major treaty establishing a framework for the world’s nations to jointly manage marine conservation in international waters, which cover about half of the Earth’s surface, has reached enough ratific...

The High Seas Treaty is going into force and it’s a Super Big Deal

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Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

For the first time in human history, the High Seas now has a legally-binding law to protect marine life.

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.@ubcoceans.bsky.social celebrates the HIGH SEA TREATY (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction), which will become legally effective on January 17 2026

Late afternoon today we reached 60 ratifications for the Global Ocean Treaty. It will now enter into force - the formal law of the world’s high seas to protect biodiversity and pave the way towards a global network of ocean sanctuaries. Such an amazing win in an otherwise shadowy time!

Is the Left up to something sinister?

If you believed MAGA Media, America is plagued by anti-gun, anti-free speech trans people who also are expert sharp shooters with free speech they want heard.
Do you all realize how ridiculous you sound?

Why do people keep saying that the U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan boat occurred in “international waters”? There are no international waters anywhere near Venezuela. Trump did this (if in fact that narrative is true) in sovereign waters of a Caribbean state, possibly even Venezuela itself.

🛑 Say NO to mining our vital oceans! NOAA is proposing new regulations that would fast-track seabed mining permits for U.S. companies — a reckless move that puts our deep sea at risk of corporate exploitation.

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As an undergrad I spent two full summers in the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Each time I got back and had to drive up the commercialized I-95 corridor from Miami to West Palm Beach I would sob uncontrollably. I didn’t know why then. I know why now.

Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries’ waters to the high seas: Study Fish and other marine organisms, though deeply affected by human activities, don’t respect human borders. The ranges of many commercially important species in fact straddle the borders of countries’ e...

Researchers, including Dr. William Cheung, found that more than one-third of the 347 #fish stocks would shift into the high seas by 2050, while at least one-fifth would shift into EEZs. news.mongabay.com/2025/08/clim... via @mongabay.com @julianop.bsky.social @ubccoru.bsky.social

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Greenpeace USA Condemns U.S.–Cook Islands Deep-Sea Mining Talks as Backdoor Push for Extraction - Greenpeace - Greenpeace This announcement signals yet another backdoor attempt by the U.S. to legitimize deep-sea mining — this time under the guise of ‘science’ and ‘responsibility.’

The U.S. getting in to bed with the Cook Islands on deep sea mining isn’t about securing mineral needs for the country, it’s Cold War era one-up-manship towards China, at the expense of the ocean and Pacific people that depend on the health of their Moana

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'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

A Chinese-led research team has captured pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

Read more: bbc.in/3IZ1dH1

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A sales-pitch pivot brings deep-sea mining closer to reality Early on, Canada-based The Metals Company cast the rocks it seeks to mine from the deep seafloor as a crucial resource for electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies, positioning them as ...

“a great detriment to the United States because this is a huge national security risk that Trump has unleashed.”

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'Deep Deception': Report Details How Deep-Sea Mining Industry Exploits National Security Fears | Common Dreams Greenpeace exposes the deep-sea mining industry's dangerous greed, manipulating geopolitics for profit while endangering our oceans. Will we allow the industry and right-wing politicians to destroy ou...

'Deep Deception': Report Details How Deep-Sea Mining Industry Exploits National Security Fears www.commondreams.org/news/deep-se...
"The green transition was always a false narrative," @arlohemphill.bsky.social "Now, the industry is repackaging itself as essential to national security and defense."

Governments reject Trump's deep sea mining power grab but fail to adopt moratorium on deep sea mining - Greenpeace - Greenpeace The U.S. statement confirms what Deep Deception has already exposed: The Trump Administration’s pursuit of deep sea mining isn’t about global stewardship—it’s about sidestepping it.

There are now two visions for mining the international seabed - one based on multilateralism and sharing resources, the other steeped in American greed and imperialism. They both will destroy our last and greatest wild frontier.
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Challenges persist in TMC’s bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in internati...

Mongabay dives deep into The Metal Company’s controversial roadmap to pillage the deep sea news.mongabay.com/custom-story...

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