An Ignoble Experiment: Big Polluters are risking endangered orcas for private profit.

2023/12/30

Big Polluters are risking endangered orcas for private profit.

We won't sugarcoat this, friend. The last Southern Resident orcas are facing a DEATH SENTENCE.

Only 75 of these unique whales remain alive, and they're withering away from painful starvation and relentless corporate pollution. Worse, the entire pod is suffering from grief and stress due to the loss of their family members – making them more vulnerable than ever.

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You see, the Southern Resident pods are a close-knit family and every death shakes them to their core. They've already lost beloved Cappuccino, wise Marina and playful Ripple. Weak, stressed and grieving orcas can't withstand the onslaught of fossil fuel and industrial shipping projects tearing through their habitats.

Without our urgent help, Southern Resident orcas could soon vanish from the face of the Earth. So with time running out, we're setting an urgent end-of-year goal to raise $850,000 to protect our oceans, vulnerable wildlife, and our planet! A generous group of donors has agreed to match all membership gifts up to our ambitious goal to help us in this crucial fight. But this match only lasts until 11:59 pm TOMORROW!

Struggling marine life like our Southern Resident orcas are calling out for our help. Please, we need your help to stop corporate greed from destroying our oceans and pushing our wildlife to EXTINCTION. Will you donate $27 or more to Friends of the Earth now and have your tax-deductible gift MATCHED before it's too late?

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Here's what we're up against, friend. Greedy industries like commercial shipping and Big Oil are EXPANDING their ocean-wrecking projects. The new Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is going forward with construction, and the increase in shipping traffic will be DEVASTATING. More ships hurtling through orcas' feeding grounds and migration routes will disrupt orcas' sonar, and their ability to forage, communicate and avoid deadly collisions!

But it doesn't stop there – Big Oil has entered the chat. A huge expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline is set to bring MILLIONS more barrels of dirty tar sands oil in tanker ships through these orcas' delicate habitat. That means it's just a matter of time until the next oil spill could wipe out this endangered orca family for good.

Coastal communities are doing everything in their power to fight back, protect the waters these orcas call home and demand freedom from fossil fuel pollution. But greedy industries aren't listening and we must support the local communities' fight for our oceans, our people and our planet!

We're counting on your support before our match expires, because it is critical for our fights in 2024. But right now, we're falling short of our goal and short on time to get back on track. Please, this can't wait: Make your tax-deductible gift of $27 or more now and have it DOUBLED to help Friends of the Earth protect our oceans, our people and our planet while we still can.

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