STOP Big Oil and the shipping industry from pushing endangered orcas to EXTINCTION!

The proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion and the Roberts Bank T2 Terminal are threatening to WIPE OUT the last of the Southern Resident killer whales.

Big Oil tankers and cargo shipping traffic from these catastrophic megaprojects would bring millions of barrels of dirty tar sands oil and hundreds more massive ships into fragile whale habitats, while increasing noise, water, and air pollution and driving away orcas’ critical food sources.

There are only 73 of these endangered orcas remaining and clinging to survival.

These beloved whales are just ONE oil spill away from being completely erased — and we’re running out of time to STOP these two corporate megaprojects that could push them to EXTINCTION.

If we’re going to save these treasured whales before it’s too late, we need 3,094 more signatures by March 12 at 11:59 PM from environmentalists like you to urge the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to take immediate action!

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Dear National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

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 pods, 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 the corporate ships proposed for these projects can have far-reaching impacts, including toxic blooms, dead zones, pathogenic bacteria, and even oxygen depletion. Their noise drives 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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