URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Help SAVE the CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Rice’s whale before Big Oil drives it to EXTINCTION! Act now!

Rice’s whales are gentle giants that frolic through Gulf of Mexico waters, feeding themselves and their young. Discovered as a new species less than 2 years ago, Rice’s whales are already hurtling toward extinction. An estimated 51 WHALES REMAIN, meaning every individual lost is another nail in the coffin for the entire species!

Big Oil is poised to secure new drilling leases in this CRITICAL WHALE HABITAT! That means noisy, dirty oil rigs, and the looming threat of a CATASTROPHIC oil spill that could WIPE OUT Rice’s whale. This may be our LAST CHANCE to stop drilling in this gentle creature’s habitat! Please, Friend, PROTECT this critically endangered whale and DEMAND its habitat be removed from Big Oil’s drilling lease! Sign by 11:59pm TONIGHT!

Oil spills are not a matter of “if” but of “when,” and offshore pipeline leaks happen at a 10x HIGHER RATE in the Gulf Coast compared to the rest of the country. If we allow Big Oil to drill in Rice’s whale habitat, there’s no telling how much destruction could follow. Not just for the whales, but for people too! 

The Gulf Coast has felt the devastation of an oil spill many times before. Local fishing and tourism industries would be DECIMATED, water resources would be tarnished, and the toll on human health would be IMMEASURABLE. You can help PROTECT people and endangered marine animals from Big Oil, but we need you to ACT NOW! If just 1 of every 7 people reading this email takes action, we can help STOP Big Oil from putting communities and Rice’s Whale at risk! Sign now!

Standing with you,
Hallie Templeton
Legal director & senior campaigner,
Friends of the Earth