Earthjustice sued: Oil drillers are allowed to kill 13,000 sea turtles per year

Without the protections our lawsuit aims to secure, sea turtles will face a marine nightmare. The following advertisement from Earthjustice has been sent to you via Mother Jones' email list. Mother Jones is a nonprofit, and most of our budget comes from readers like you, but revenue from advertisers helps us produce more of the hard-hitting journalism you expect. We never disclose your information to an advertiser. Mother Jones does not endorse any candidate, political organization, commercial product, or service, and the views expressed in this email do not constitute any endorsement or recommendation by Mother Jones. [EARTHJUSTICE | BECAUSE THE EARTH NEEDS A GOOD LAWYER]( [We're suing to save endangered sea turtles]( Dear Mother Jones Reader, The government says oil drillers can kill about 13,000 rare sea turtles every year in the Gulf of Mexico. Earthjustice is challenging this Trump-era allowance in court. Without the protections our lawsuit aims to secure, these species will face a marine nightmare: - Endangered sea turtles will be subject to torturous underwater air gun blasts, suffocating oil spills, and marine pollution, killing 13,000 rare sea turtles per year and harming tens of thousands more. - The less than 100 remaining Gulf of Mexico Riceís whales will face vessel strikes at lethal speed that could drive the species to extinction, the first human-caused whale extinction in history. - Another catastrophic oil spill could devastate populations of sea turtles, whales, sharks, and other marine life. So Earthjustice is fighting back and suing to protect these beautiful and important species. We intend to force the government to fully address the ways oil and gas drilling threatens imperiled wildlife, including the possibility of another massive oil spill. [This Earth Day, we are asking you to give back to protect the planet we love. Make your gift today and it will be matched $2:$1!]( [EARTH DAY MATCH: TRIPLE MY IMPACT]( At issue in this case is the programmatic biological opinion (BiOp) for all offshore oil and gas activities in the entire Gulf of Mexico, a policy that dictates protections for every threatened and endangered species in the Gulf. We have been fighting this case since 2020, when the Trump administration released a disastrous BiOp for the Gulf that allows the oil and gas industry to kill an extraordinary number of endangered animals. And the death toll could be higher still in the event of another disaster like the 2010 BP Horizon spill ó a possibility the BiOp does not even consider. Earthjustice is suing to protect critically endangered sea turtles, save the last of the Gulf of Mexico Riceís whales, and keep billions of barrels of oil safely underground in the Gulf of Mexico. Earthjustice was built for massive fights like these, built by the support of donors like you. We were founded in the midst of the Earth Day movement, when 20 million people poured into the streets to demand environmental protection be enshrined in our laws. Now, 200 attorneys at Earthjustice use the power of our bedrock environmental laws to protect the Earth, from the choppy waves of the Gulf to the cold plains of the Arctic, and everything in between. We have 1,000 victories and counting, all thanks to our donors. This Earth Month is a time to reflect on our planet and the future we are creating together. At Earthjustice, we are willing to fight tooth and nail for that future. Please, join our fight. [The fossil fuel industry may have billions in profits to pour into their legal schemes, but we have a movement on our side, and the best environmental attorneys in the country, too. Make your Earth Month donation today and it will be matched $2:$1 to protect our planet three times as much.]( [EARTH DAY MATCH: TRIPLE MY IMPACT]( [Chris Eaton] . With gratitude, Chris Eaton Earthjustice Senior Attorney Oceans Program Make a tax-deductible gift to help us take on the fights ahead! [DONATE NOW]( [Supporters like you power this work] Earthjustice, 50 California Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94111 [About Us]( Photo Credit: M Swiet Productions / Getty Images © 2024 [Mother Jones]( Mother Jones and its nonprofit publisher, the Foundation for National Progress, do not endorse any political candidate, political organization, commercial product, process, or service, and the views expressed in this communication do not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by Mother Jones. This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755