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| Dear Friend, |
| The government says oil drillers can kill about 13,000 rare sea turtles every year in the Gulf of Mexico. We are challenging this Trump-era allowance in court. |
| Without the protections our lawsuit aims to secure, these species will face a marine nightmare: |
- Endangered sea turtles will be subject to torturous underwater air gun blasts, suffocating oil spills, and marine pollution, killing 13,000 rare sea turtles per year and harming tens of thousands more.
- The less than 100 remaining Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whales will face vessel strikes at lethal speed that could drive the species to extinction — the first human-caused whale extinction in history.
- Another catastrophic oil spill could devastate populations of sea turtles, whales, sharks, and other marine life.
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| So Earthjustice is fighting back and suing to protect these beautiful and important species. |
| We intend to force the government to fully address the ways oil and gas drilling threatens imperiled wildlife, including the possibility of another massive oil spill. Please, donate today to support our lawsuit and help us protect sea turtles, whales, and countless other critical species. |
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| At issue in this case is the programmatic biological opinion (BiOp) for all offshore oil and gas activities in the entire Gulf of Mexico — a policy that dictates protections for every threatened and endangered species in the Gulf. |
| We have been fighting this case since 2020, when the Trump administration released a disastrous BiOp for the Gulf that allows the oil and gas industry to kill an extraordinary number of endangered animals. And the death toll could be higher still in the event of another disaster like the 2010 BP Horizon spill — a possibility the BiOp does not even consider. |
| Earthjustice is suing to protect critically endangered sea turtles, save the last of the Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whales, and keep billions of barrels of oil safely underground in the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Earthjustice was built for massive fights like these — built by the support of donors like you. |
| We were founded in the midst of the Earth Day movement, when 20 million people poured into the streets to demand environmental protection be enshrined in our laws. |
| Now, 200 attorneys at Earthjustice use the power of our bedrock environmental laws to protect the Earth — from the choppy waves of the Gulf to the cold plains of the Arctic, and everything in between. We have 1,000 victories and counting, all thanks to you. |
| This Earth Month is a time to reflect on our planet and the future we are creating together. At Earthjustice, we are willing to fight tooth and nail for that future. Please, join our fight. |
| The fossil fuel industry may have billions in profits to pour into their legal schemes, but we have a movement on our side — and the best environmental attorneys in the country, too. Make your Earth Month donation today and it will be matched $2:$1 to protect our planet three times as much. |
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With gratitude,
Chris Eaton
Earthjustice Senior Attorney
Oceans Program
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| P.S. If you have already mailed your gift, thank you! We appreciate your patience as we update our records. |
