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Andy, in case you missed John’s email this morning — our oceans are in the fight of their life. From the seafloor to the surface, the industries profiting from their destruction have never been more emboldened.

John, our National Programs Director, is a marine biologist who became an ocean campaigner because he saw the mounting threats to our marine ecosystems. He has been on research ships, in remote corners of our oceans, and in the rooms where decisions get made. Today on World Ocean Day, he's asking you to show up.

Our oceans cover 70% of the planet, and they face mounting threats from industrial fishing and the looming expansion of deep-sea mining. In honor of World Ocean Day, donate to Greenpeace USA before MIDNIGHT to help protect the ecosystems and communities that depend on healthy oceans >>

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Greenpeace USA

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From: John @ Greenpeace USA <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, June 8, 2026
Subject: 3️⃣ threats to our ocean this World Ocean Day

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It’s World Ocean Day, Andy!

The oceans have sustained life for 3.5 billion years. They have survived ice ages, mass extinctions, and catastrophic asteroid impacts. What they weren't built for is this:

❌ The Trump Administration fast-tracking deep-sea mining leases in Pacific waters.

❌ The seafood industry profiting from practices that devastate marine ecosystems.

❌ Fossil fuel companies pumping carbon into the atmosphere and making the ocean more acidic.

I’ve spent my career as a marine biologist diving into the oceans’ most remote and awe-inspiring places. After dedicating my life to protecting our oceans, I can tell you this on World Ocean Day: the challenges before us are immense. But our resolve to meet them is even stronger.

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Greenpeace USA is boldly confronting the people and industries behind these existential threats head-on. We are:

💪 Standing with Indigenous communities in American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands resisting Trump's deep-sea mining push.

💪 Investigating the supermarkets profiting from exploitation at sea.

💪 Taking the fight directly to Big Seafood to protect our oceans — and the workers too often isolated and exploited at sea.

The ocean is 70% of our planet and 100% of it is worth defending. Andy, can we count on you to protect our planet and our oceans by donating to Greenpeace USA this World Ocean Day?

In solidarity,

John Hocevar

National Programs Director

Greenpeace USA

Greenpeace USA never, ever backs down from championing a greener, more peaceful, and more just world — no matter the forces trying to silence us and erase generations of progress. Donate to sustain the movement.

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