{"id":259229,"date":"2025-05-27T05:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T05:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/the-truth-about-the-pacific-colonialism-capitalism-climate-change-nuclear-testing-and-extractivism\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T05:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T05:42:44","slug":"the-truth-about-the-pacific-colonialism-capitalism-climate-change-nuclear-testing-and-extractivism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=259229","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About the Pacific: Colonialism, Capitalism, Climate Change, Nuclear testing and Extractivism"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Pacific Ocean, an immense and powerful force \u2014 dynamic, life-sustaining, and deeply complex.<\/p>\n

\u201cOcean is vast, Oceania is expanding. Oceania is hospitable and generous, Oceania is humanity rising from the depths of brine and regions of fire deeper still, Oceania is us. We are the sea, we are the ocean, we must wake up to this ancient truth and together use it to overturn all hegemonic views that ultimately aim to confine us again, physically and psychologically, in the tiny spaces that we have resisted accepting as our sole appointed places and from which we have recently liberated ourselves. We must not allow anyone to belittle us again, and take away our freedom. \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>Hau\u2019ofa, E. 1994. Our Sea of Islands<\/em>\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

And perhaps summarize what Colonialism, Capitalism, Climate Change, Nuclear testing and extractivism did to the Pacific and continues to do in the Pacific\u2026..plain truths!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Facts about Deep Sea Mining: What It Means for the Pacific<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Pacific Ocean is a source of life. It feeds us, connects us, and holds our stories. For generations, Pacific peoples have protected the Moana \u2014 not just for ourselves, but for the world.<\/p>\n

But now, that ocean is under threat from a dangerous and unnecessary industry: deep sea mining<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Companies like The Metals Company (TMC)<\/strong><\/a> want to tear up the seafloor in search of minerals \u2014 and they\u2019re targeting the Pacific as their testing ground. We can\u2019t let that happen.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you need to know about deep sea mining \u2014 and why we must stop it before it starts.<\/p>\n

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Greenpeace International activists from around the world have paddled and protested around MV COCO, a specialized offshore drilling vessel currently collecting data for deep sea mining frontrunner, The Metals Company, on its last expedition before it files the world\u2019s first ever application to mine the seabed in the Pacific Ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What is Deep Sea Mining?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Deep sea mining involves using giant machines to extract\u00a0 metals like cobalt and nickel from the ocean floor, often at depths of 4,000 to 6,000 metres. These metals are found in three main forms; Polymetallic nodules scattered across the seafloor, Polymetallic sulphides around hydrothermal vents, and Cobalt-rich crusts on underwater mountains called seamounts.<\/p>\n

Mining companies say this is needed for the \u201cgreen transition\u201d \u2014 but that\u2019s not true. We already have alternatives, and we can build better systems without destroying the deep sea.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t about saving the planet. It\u2019s about profit.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s at Risk for the Pacific?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The deep sea is one of the most fragile and least understood ecosystems on Earth. Life there evolves slowly \u2014 some species live for hundreds or even thousands of years. We\u2019re only just beginning to understand how it all works.<\/p>\n

Tearing up the seabed could:<\/p>\n