Posted on 04/17/2015 8:34:42 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
Dear _________,
When oil companies explore for oil, they force whales to endure a noise 100 times louder than a jet engine. Every ten seconds. For weeks at a time.
Can you imagine? Seriously-can you? That's like standing next to 100 planes taking off at the same time, 8,000 times a day.
Unbelievably, it looks like the Department of the Interior could approve this kind of sonic assault on whales any day now. If they do, whales could go deaf or even die. Yes, the seismic testing Big Oil uses is disruptive enough to kill a whale. For the 400 remaining Northern Atlantic right whales-this could mean complete extinction.
Big Oil doesn't care. But we do.
Please, show your support for right whales and so many other wild creatures like them, by renewing your expired Sierra Club membership today. Help us reach our $200,000 goal before Earth Day, April 22.
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=mfNISgNLZWgD2T1-OhwN0A
We're going to fight, tooth and nail, to save our land and oceans from Big Oil and other dirty energy polluters. On the Hill, at every town council meeting and in every court, before national and local editorial boards-we're going to outnumber, out-message, and out-organize them every step of the way. But we can't do it without you.
Your membership is the key to our success, the reason we will win or lose, and it couldn't be more needed right now. Don't let the remaining 400 right whales go silent forever. Renew your commitment to the Sierra Club before April 22.
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=6-zROk1YOTobn4E8mLB_vA
_____________, when you renew your commitment to the Sierra Club, it goes directly towards:
* Preserving protections for gray wolves, grizzly bears, and bison under the Endangered Species Act
* Protecting the pristine Arctic and other wilderness from destructive oil drilling
* Defending the EPA and clean air and water for our communities
* Promoting the quick transition to clean, safe energy solutions like wind, solar, and geothermal
As you know, you'll also receive members-only benefits like a one-year subscription to Sierra magazine, eco-travel opportunities, automatic membership in your local chapter, and discounts on Sierra Club calendars, books and other merchandise.
Stand up today, for the last remaining right whales, for the water our families drink, and for the future of our planet.
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=fllHbBZX2f-uKcMpxPWnZw
Thank you so much for your commitment to our wildlife and wild places.
Sincerely,
Michael Brune, Executive Director
Sierra Club | 85 2nd St San Francisco, CA 94105
it’s funny how it’s against the law for citizens to kill eagles and endangered birds, but our government and state officials are apparently above the law and readily kill endangered birds and eagles with impunity
Funny you should say that...I used to work at a major aquarium which hosted a Right Whale research department. The sad fact of the matter is that these poor creatures are dumb as stumps. The main causes of their near extinction are 1) entanglement in fishing lines and 2) ship collisions. They simply don't know enough to swim away from the danger. There is no instinct to move away from a threat. It's tragic but at the same time you have to throw up your hands and say "What can you do? Darwin is proving his point here."
Are Right Whales just an especially stupid whale subset? I thought whales are generally thought to be intelligent.
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