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Thank you again for taking action to protect northwest orcas from being delisted from the Endangered Species Act. The National Marine Fisheries Service is still reviewing public comments, including yours. We promise to keep you updated on the fate of southern resident orcas, but in the meantime, we wanted to let you know about an action that you can take to protect Arctic marine mammals, including beluga and bowhead whales, from oil exploration:
The Arctic’s marine mammals use sound for survival, but planned oil exploration activities could strip them of that ability.
Take action: Tell the National Marine Fisheries Service to say no to Arctic oil exploration that would harm marine wildlife!
Marine mammals—such as bearded and ringed seals, beluga whales, and the endangered bowhead whale—depend on sound to communicate, find food, and avoid prey. Oil exploration activities fill the ocean with loud noise that can interfere with these basic functions. Seismic surveying, for example, uses air-guns to detect oil beneath the sea-floor. The blasts—loud enough to cause deafness—occur day and night for months, and cover vast areas of the ocean.
The federal government is proposing moving forward with loud and risky oil exploration methods even though it has not completed an assessment of the cumulative impacts on Arctic marine mammals. Tell your government to take responsibility for protecting the marine mammals of the Arctic.
The remote Arctic Ocean and its wildlife are already under great stress from climate change. Why add the stress of oil exploration?
Tell the government not to permit any Arctic Ocean oil exploration until it completes a full analysis of the effects and understands how to mitigate the damage to marine mammals.
Sincerely,

Erik Grafe Staff Attorney, Alaska Office Earthjustice
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BREAKING: Shell abandons 2013 Arctic Drilling!

02/28/2013 Nativegrl77 2 Comments

Just a few hours ago, Shell announced that it is giving up on its plans to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic in 2013.

That means no drilIing in the pristine waters of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas this year. It’s amazing news. Not just for the Arctic, but for the environment. And your support made it possible.

I’m so inspired right now. The fight isn’t over though. We’ll be working in the days, weeks and months ahead to make sure that the good news doesn’t stop here by urging President Obama to make the Arctic off limits to industrial exploitation, forever.

But for the moment it’s all about enjoying what we’ve accomplished together. Thank you so much for all the work you have done to protect the Arctic.

Sincerely,

Philip Radford
Greenpeace Executive Director

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Forward on Climate Rally – February 17, 2013

02/22/2013 Nativegrl77

On February 17, nearly 50,000 Americans and 168 different organizations marched to the president’s front door to demand we go forward on climate.

This wasn’t just a one-time rally — it was the beginning of a movement. Now we need to show President Obama that those marchers represented millions of us across the country.

There are three steps President Obama can take right now, without waiting on Congress, to start fulfilling his promise to lead on climate. It’s up to you to help him take those steps.

Call the White House today at (202) 456-1111 and tell them that, for the sake of our future, we need President Obama to:

Stop Keystone XL and other tar sands infrastructure
Enact strong standards to limit carbon pollution from our nation’s dirty power plants
Protect America’s lands — including the Arctic — from oil, coal, and unregulated fracking

If the line is busy, keep trying!

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Campaign 2013 ::: the Arctic

12/24/2012 Nativegrl77



What a year! As 2012 comes to an end, I want to take a minute to look back on an amazing first year for our global campaign to save the Arctic. A year that wouldn’t have been possible without your support. It all started in March when Greenpeace activists (including Xena Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless) occupied one of Shell’s drillships in New Zealand. The outpouring of support for that activity let us know that we had something big on our hands. From there the movement only grew. Over two million people joined the likes of Paul McCartney and Jude Law by adding their names to our Arctic Scroll, we sent ships to the Alaskan and Russian Arctic, fought Shell in court, organized a global week of volunteer action, had some fun with the Yes Men that exposed millions more to our campaign and…the list goes on. It all added up to more than we could have imagined. Shell didn’t drill this year and your support was a big reason why. This is why I work for Greenpeace. I believe our campaign to save the Arctic will be one of the defining environmental fights of this generation. I’m so proud of everything we accomplished together this year, and expect even bigger things in 2013. From my family to yours, thank you. Philip Radford Greenpeace Executive Director P.S. We have even bigger plans for our Arctic campaign in 2013 and for all our work to protect the environment, but they all depend on your support. Can you chip in today?

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Dan Howells, of Greenpeace

10/01/2012 Nativegrl77

Last year a polar bear mother had to swim 687 kilometers to reach the sea ice for food. Her cub didn’t make it.
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Make an urgent gift today and help support our campaign to protect the polar bears and save the Arctic.

687 kilometers. That’s the longest a polar bear mother had to swim last year to reach the sea ice and hunt for food. Her cub did not survive the trip.
Things aren’t getting any easier. In fact, this year Arctic sea ice reached its lowest level in recorded history — smashing the 2007 record. Meaning that polar bear mothers had even farther to swim than last year.
Now scientists are saying the Arctic Ocean could see ice free summers in the next decade if current trends continue. That means there won’t even be anywhere for polar bear mothers to swim to find food.
But for Big Oil the melting Arctic is not a warning sign. It’s an invitation. These companies hope to cash in by drilling for more of the oil that is causing the warming in the first place. We can’t let that happen.
Help us protect polar bear mothers and their cubs by making an urgent gift today to support our campaign to declare the high Arctic a global sanctuary.
Our goal is to permanently ban oil drilling and industrial fishing in the Arctic and to establish the area around the North Pole as a ‘global commons.’
We’ve already mobilized over two million people from around the world to save the Arctic in the last six months. Momentum is on our side and the oil companies that want to drill are feeling the pressure.
Just a few weeks ago, Shell announced it was stopping its drilling program for this season after investing seven years and $5 billion. Thanks to Mother Nature, its own incompetence and the millions of people who have taken action to save the Arctic, its plans have been put on hold.
And while it was a moment to celebrate, the sea ice news makes the importance of our campaign all the more clear. Time is running out. Sea ice is melting at record rates and Shell will be back again next year. Carmen, we need your support to save the Arctic. We can’t do this without you. Make an urgent gift today and help support our campaign to protect the polar bears and save the Arctic.
Greenpeace doesn’t take a dime from corporations or governments. All we care about is doing what is necessary to save the Arctic. But our plans for the rest of this year and 2013 — along with the fate of the polar bears that call the Arctic home — all depend on your support.
I know our campaign may seem ambitious, but we’ve done it before. In 1991, a Greenpeace effort much like this one helped establish Antarctica as a world park and off limits to commercial extraction. With your support I know we can do it again and this time save the Arctic.
Polar bear mothers shouldn’t have to swim 687 kilometers for food.
For the Arctic,
Dan Howells Greenpeace USA Deputy Campaign Director
P.S. If the Arctic sea ice continues to melt and if the area around the North Pole isn’t put off limits to oil drilling, polar bears don’t stand a chance. Support our campaign to protect the polar bears and save the Arctic by making your most generous donation today.