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Dear Defender,
Northern sea otters and beluga whales may be the latest victims of the oil industry, thanks to this administration. We need your help to speak up for these animals!
A new round of oil and gas leases for offshore drilling threatens habitat in Alaska’s Cook Inlet. This critical habitat is home to endangered Cook Inlet belugas and threatened northern sea otters from the southwestern Alaska population.
Oil drilling poses a dangerous threat to these and other vulnerable species. Tell the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) that this risk is unacceptable!
TAKE ACTION: Tell the BOEM to drop their plans to sell off even more habitat for offshore drilling, before these projects harm belugas, otters and more wildlife!
Cook inlet is a 180-mile long waterbody that winds its way from Anchorage, Alaska to the North Pacific Ocean. It is a wonder of nature, bordered by glaciers, volcanoes, dense forests and other wild habitat.
The belugas that call Cook Inlet home are already struggling to survive. Fewer than 300 of these remarkable whales survive today, and the population is dropping every year. And that’s not all: The Southwestern Alaska population of northern sea otters has been in freefall, declining by over half since the ‘80s.
The fate of these species is clear if we continue to open up even more of their habitat to oil leasing. We can’t let these animals disappear to the oil industry’s greed!
Don’t wait – add your signature today to protect struggling belugas, otters and other Alaskan wildlife!
Big Oil doesn’t need even more space for offshore drilling – certainly not as bad as these vulnerable animals need their homes. Drilling could bring oil spills, noise pollution, CO2 emissions and other dire threats to this habitat. Every lease sold for oil drilling threatens to push these imperiled animals over the brink.
Don’t wait for the oil industry to drive these populations to extinction in their hunt for profit. Take a stand for wildlife today!
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