To: President Donald Trump
SAY NO TO DRILLING ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD
Opening the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil exploration, the Obama administration has approved the use of sonic cannons to discover deposits under the ocean floor by shooting sound waves 100 times louder than a jet engine through waters shared by endangered whales and turtles.
Why is this important?
The impacts of air gun blasting include temporary and permanent hearing loss, abandonment of habitat, disruption of mating and feeding, and even beach strandings and death. For whales and dolphins, which rely on their hearing to find food, communicate, and reproduce, being able to hear is a life or death matter. The most immediate concern is attempting to stop what is essentially the massacre of dolphins, whales and other marine life that will occur because of these blasts.