Saving Our Flippered Friends

In last month´s edition of La Justa Pulp, in an entry called The Government is Trying to Destroy Our Oceans AGAIN, I alerted you to a dangerous proposal in the Energy Bill that will allow seismic testing along the entire American coastline to explore for oil and gas.

In case you missed that entry, here´s what you should know:

Seismic blasts have a decibel level of 260 - that's more than 14 times as loud as a rocket launch! Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals rely on their sense of hearing to navigate, to locate food and to communicate with each other. Seismic blasts could cause deafening disorientation and could lead to permanent damage, brain hemorrhaging and even cause entire pods of whales and dolphins to beach.

Pretty sick, huh? Well, despite the fact that over 10,500 people contacted their senators last month, the senate voted against including an amendment that would have removed seismic surveys from the Energy Bill by a margin of 44 to 52.

But now we´ve got a second chance! By clicking DOLPHINS AND WHALES ROCK!, you will be instantly transported to the Greenpeace website, where you can send your senators a message letting them know that exposing marine mammals to life-threatening seismic blasts is unacceptable. But be quick about it! The senate will be voting again on the proposal this week! Time is of the essence!