To: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Save whales and dolphins from Big Oil's latest threat!
I urge you to halt all seismic air gun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean! Atlantic seismic air gun blasting will injure and kill more than 138,000 marine mammals. Simply incorporating new scientific information "as it comes available" does nothing to protect these endangered mammals if activities begin immediately.
Why is this important?
Big Oil wants to explore the Atlantic Ocean using seismic airguns. This activity could kill over 100,000 helpless dolphins and whales -- including some of the last North Atlantic right whales, "the American bison of the sea"!
These airguns would blast for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Matthew Huelsenbeck, a marine scientist at Oceana, puts that in perspective: "Imagine dynamite going off in your living room or in your backyard every ten seconds for days to weeks at a time."
It's up to folks like you to raise your voice and shut down Big Oil's threat to dolphins and whales once and for all!
These airguns would blast for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Matthew Huelsenbeck, a marine scientist at Oceana, puts that in perspective: "Imagine dynamite going off in your living room or in your backyard every ten seconds for days to weeks at a time."
It's up to folks like you to raise your voice and shut down Big Oil's threat to dolphins and whales once and for all!