Ja, beste mensen, ben je net blij, dat Japan verboden is nog verder op walvissen te jagen, waar Japan heeft gezegd, zich aan dit verbod te houden, krijg je dit weer. De ‘duurzame’ olie- en gasindustrie heeft al een paar jaar grote druk uitgeoefend op de Obama regering, voor toestemming om middels seismische explosies, in de Atlantische oceaan, naar gas en olie te zoeken. De schatting is, dat door deze explosies zo’n 140.000 walvisachtigen het leven zullen laten……… Een getal dat ‘iets’ lager ligt, dan het aantal walvissen, dat Japan jaarlijks bij elkaar afslachtte……. Het lijkt erop dat deze lobby gaat slagen. Lees de onderstaande begeleidende tekst bij de petitie, ga via de links naar de petitie en teken a.u.b.! Zegt het voort!
The oil and gas industry has pressured the Obama administration for
years to alow it to use deadly seismic blast testing to look for oil
beneath the ocean. They’re close to getting their way.
Tell the Obama administration to protect whales and other marine species from deadly seismic blasts!
The Department of Interior has estimated that the proposed seismic
blast testing would injure or kill 138,500 dolphins and whales,
including highly endangered North Atlantic right whales. Yet, in the
recently released Environmental Impact Study (EIS), the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management (BOEM) concludes that there would be “minor to
negligible” impact to most wildlife. Nearly 140,000 dead or injured
marine animals and millions more disturbed–this is not what we consider
minor or negligible. And this is all just in the hopes that the
industry locates oil miles beneath the ocean surface.
Tell BOEM to cancel these plans for dangerous seismic testing today.
Fewer than 500 North Atlantic right whales are alive today and would
be exposed to these blasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during their
annual migration. Imagine the sound of a jet engine, but 100,000 times
more intense. That is what these whales that rely on their hearing for
life’s most basic functions, such as orientation and communication,
would be subject to under this plan.
The Obama administration has extended the time allotted for the public to comment on this plan. Please tell the BOEM that you don’t think this potential loss of marine life is “minor to negligible” and ask them to cancel this plan.
Thank you for taking action for wildlife and wild places.
Sincerely,
Leda Huta
Executive Director
Endangered Species Coalition
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