January 25, 2025 — Friends of the Earth US and the Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Alliance publicly oppose the proposed LOC-NESS experiment, which has re-submitted a permit request to dump sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine, northeast of Cape Cod.
The project proposal was originally submitted in 2024 and is intended to test a new form of geoengineering called “ocean alkalinity enhancement” that comes with potentially catastrophic risks to the ocean environment and marine life. The project proponents delayed the project until 2025 following public backlash from environmental groups and local fishermen and lobstermen, as well as warnings from the National Marine Fisheries Service that LOC-NESS could endanger fish populations in the area.