LAST CHANCE: Starved and mourning, these creatures are being driven to extinction

********************************************************* Friend, WE HAVE 1 HOUR LEFT BEFORE WORLD OCEANS DAY ENDS AND WE’VE NEVER NEEDED YOU MORE. The last 75 Southern Resident killer whales in the world are starving, languishing, and dying while Big Oil and the shipping industry are raking in profits. [Will you rush your $27 contribution today to protect our most endangered orcas and our vulnerable blue planet before the day ends?]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( ********************************************************* Dear Friend, Only 75 orcas remain. Stop them from being driven to extinction and donate $27 or more to help us hit our $30,000 goal today! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( Big Oil and shipping megaprojects are threatening the LAST 75 Southern Resident Killer Whales -- in the interest of corporate profit. These orcas are the only endangered species of killer whales in the United States, and they are starving and growing weaker by the day. But two proposed megaprojects threaten to seal their death sentence. [Help protect these 75 remaining orcas by standing up to corporate greed and donate $27 or more today, on World Oceans Day!]( These Southern Resident orca pods suffered devastating blows with the deaths of Cappuccino and Marina last autumn. Cappuccino was a playful orca who greeted nearby boaters in his waters and was beloved by the community. Marina was an iconic matriarch who cared for her grandchildren and taught them how to hunt and survive. Their deaths are an excruciating loss to the remaining orcas -- and the grief is driving them further into starvation. Each Southern Resident Killer Whale is an integral member of their family. Every loss is felt by the entire pod. But Big Oil and the shipping industry are threatening them all with proposed megaprojects that would directly impact their habitats and drive them to EXTINCTION. Big Oil and the shipping industry are starving orcas to death. Help us fight for their protection and the ecosystems they rely on with your $27 donation before the clock strikes midnight! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( Southern Resident Killer Whale populations have been declining since 2006. Key drivers to their extinction are tied to chemical pollution and food availability. Their main food source is Chinook Salmon, which were once abundant in their ecosystems, but have substantially declined in the last decade -- leading these orcas to starvation, stress, and miscarriages. The two proposed megaprojects would drastically magnify these threats to orcas. The Roberts Bank T2 shipping terminal project would increase cargo ship traffic and disrupt Chinook salmon migration patterns -- driving them further away from the orcas’ habitat. The resulting noise from the ships will also disrupt the killer whales’ sonar hunting methods, preventing them from finding the few salmon left in the region. The expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline will also increase oil tanker traffic in Southern Resident critical habitat SEVEN-FOLD -- from one tanker a week to one per day! Worst of all, it will also be pumping 890,000 barrels per day of toxic tar sands oil -- the dirtiest kind -- in oil tankers through this already delicate orca habitat. The threatened Southern Resident population is just one oil spill away from extinction. And we know that with oil transportation projects, oil spills are not a matter of “if,” but rather of “when.” This is why we need to raise our voices and stand up to Big Oil and the shipping industry, showing them that we will not allow them to put private profit over the lives of precious wildlife and the ecosystems that rely on them. Southern Resident orcas are one oil spill away from EXTINCTION. Fight the megaprojects that threaten their existence and our planet with your contribution of $27 or more now. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( Orcas are crucial to a thriving ocean habitat and our own health. They release vital nutrients for phytoplankton, which in turn provide half of the oxygen we breathe while absorbing hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon each year. We depend on this flow of nutrients for healthy ecosystems and a functioning planet, which is why we must protect these orcas at all costs. Each death in these pods reduces the chances that the remaining orcas survive. With Marina’s death, her children are now three times more likely to die, while her grandchildren are SIX TIMES less likely to survive. With these 75 precious lives at stake and at increased risk, we need to step up our fight to protect them. Southern Resident Killer Whales are in perilous danger. You and I may be some of the last people to share the planet with these magnificent creatures if these disastrous megaprojects are allowed to move forward. That is why we need you by our side, Friend. Your membership gift of $27 or more to Friends of the Earth will allow us to fight these projects and the threats to our planet. Make your contribution now, while orcas still have a fighting chance! Cappuccino and Marina are dead. Don’t let their surviving family members meet the same fate. Make your contribution of $27 or more to Friends of the Earth before the clock strikes midnight! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( Standing with you, Marcie Keever, Oceans & vessels program director, Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us]( Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2022, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]