SIGN NOW: Stop fossil fuel and shipping corporations from driving orcas toward extinction!

Last year, we lost Cappuccino and Marina, and now, a young orca in the Southern Resident pods is presumed dead -- leaving only 73 of these beloved creatures remaining in the wild.

One of the biggest threats to this endangered species is Big Oil and Big Shipping. These greedy corporations are planning two massive projects -- the Trans-Mountain Pipeline expansion and the Roberts Bank T2 terminal all for the sake of profit. Both destructive plans gravely threaten the livelihood of orcas by driving away their vital food supply and threatening their sensitive habitats with toxic oil spills. These corporate projects will drive orcas to starvation, put them at risk of a fatal oil spill, and disrupt their ecosystem.

We MUST fight back now to stop corporate greed from destroying our oceans and wiping out the remaining Southern Resident orcas.

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Dear National Marine Fisheries Service,
 
Your agency is tasked with protecting our oceans and marine life. That means saving orca whales from extinction by stopping Big Oil and the shipping industry from polluting their direct environment — the ocean. 
 
There are only 73 orca whales left in the southern resident pod, and that number is likely to decrease unless your agency enacts federal policies that hold Big Oil and shipping corporations accountable for the damage they are causing.
 
Two of the biggest threats to orcas right now are the Roberts Bank T2 terminal and the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion.
 
The hazardous chemicals discarded by these corporate ships can have far-reaching impacts, including toxic bloom, dead zones, pathogenic bacteria, and even oxygen depletion. They drive orca whales’ food supply away. They cannot survive with these interferences to their natural habitats and disruptions to the entire ecosystem.
 
I’m calling on you to take immediate action to protect orcas from extinction by enacting stronger protections for Southern Resident orcas’ main food source – Chinook salmon. I also ask that you demand stronger mitigation measures for the oil tankers and cargo ships from the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion and Roberts Bank T2 terminal projects to mitigate the disturbances and risk of oil spills they present to orcas and their critical habitat.
 
Please do your part and stop Big Oil and the shipping industry from pushing Southern Resident orcas toward extinction.

Sincerely,  
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