Dear NRDC Activist,

Fossil fuel giants have zeroed in on the site of their next destructive venture — and it’s a marine paradise with vaquitas, blue and fin whales, whale sharks, Leatherback sea turtles, and thousands of other wildlife species.

A dangerous new proposal from Houston-based energy company Mexico Pacific, backed by J.P. Morgan and supported by oil and gas giants like Shell, ConocoPhillips, and ExxonMobil, would turn Mexico’s pristine Gulf of California into a fossil fuel sacrifice zone to export climate-destroying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Texas to Asia, doing nothing to make the U.S. more energy independent.

We can’t stand by and watch them turn this irreplaceable marine sanctuary into a gas station — raising our voices has never been more important than it is right now. This LNG project is fully in line with the “drill, baby, drill” agenda of President Trump and his Big Oil allies who helped put him in office.

But as one of the major allies of this LNG project, J.P. Morgan has a critical role to play in whether it moves forward — so we need your help to create an enormous, international outcry that they can’t ignore.

Urge J.P. Morgan to stop backing Mexico Pacific’s filthy LNG project and save the Gulf of California’s breathtaking marine ecosystem from destruction.

LNG is fracked “natural gas” that has been cooled into denser liquid — a very energy intensive process — to make it easier to ship.

Exporting this dangerous, climate-destroying energy from the Gulf of California — a World Heritage Site — threatens the home of more than 800 types of fish and nearly 40 percent of all marine mammal species on Earth, including the critically endangered vaquita, the world’s smallest porpoise, which lives, feeds, and nurses its young here.

The area is also an important breeding ground for endangered seabird species that already struggle to find food due to a decades-long overfishing problem.

Add your voice to keep LNG exports out of this irreplaceable marine sanctuary.

If the LNG project moves forward, the Gulf of California will face a massive amount of fossil fuel infrastructure, an endless succession of ocean-going LNG tankers traversing its waters for decades, and a significant contribution of climate-busting carbon and methane pollution.

Endangered species will die, countless other wildlife will be under threat, and one of the world’s most renowned areas of biodiversity will be transformed forever — all to generate filthy energy we don’t need and pad the pockets of the fossil fuel industry.

NRDC is fighting back on multiple fronts. We’re appealing directly to the companies behind this dangerous venture and urging them to abandon the project. At the same time, we’re working to bring global attention to the unspoiled Gulf of California and its astonishing marine wildlife, and mobilizing intense grassroots pressure to save this important ecosystem.

We must stop this short-sighted and destructive plan at all costs.

Tell J.P. Morgan that this majestic World Heritage Site is no place for dirty LNG.

Sincerely,

Sujatha Bergen
Director, Global Energy Transition, International, NRDC