John,

Just discovered, the Rice’s whale could soon be extinct.

It’s absurd, but there’s only 50 of these majestic mammals on the planet and their home, the Gulf of Mexico, is the most abused marine habitat there is, thanks to oil and gas drilling.

The deafening noise made by fossil fuel exploration is a deadly threat to whales -- just recently, 55 pilot whales beached themselves in Scotland, one cause of death could be the sound waves caused by drilling.

And it could get worse -- the Biden administration is considering new rules on “seismic blasting” that do nothing to protect marine life. It’s time to act. Let’s save the rare Rice’s whale and other marine species from fossil fuel greed:

Click to demand the US *rejects* these killer rules

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill already wiped out one-fifth of the Rice’s whales in existence.

But that’s not enough marine life damage for oil and gas companies. They continue using seismic air guns to explore the ocean floor for fossil fuel. These blasts create sound waves that can be heard up to 2500 miles away. They inflict permanent, even fatal hearing damage on marine animals like whales.

Whales rely on echolocation, or emitting sounds that vibrate off distant objects, to communicate with each other, locate food, avoid predators, and mate. When seismic blasting interferes with this process, it can have deadly consequences. And it’s pure torture: the explosions go off every ten seconds, 24 hours a day, and often for weeks on end. We must stop torturous seismic blasting in the Gulf of Mexico -- now!

Tell the US government now: don’t let the Rice’s Whale population be wiped out. Reject the new seismic blasting rules in the Gulf of Mexico!