Speak out to prevent another oil spill disaster.TAKE ACTION
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[[link removed]]John,

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill devastated Gulf Coast communities and habitat
ten years ago – and it pushed the Bryde’s whale even closer to the brink of
extinction. This endangered population of baleen whales – likely fewer than 50
of them remain -- depends on the enforcement of robust drilling safety and
accountability measures.

But last year, the Trump Administration gutted safety precautions instituted in
the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

We need your help to send the president a clear message: Prevent another oil spill disaster by reinstating drilling safety measures and
accountability.
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SAVE WHALES FROM OIL SPILLS
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When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in 2010, it set in motion the
biggest oil spill in U.S. history. For the following 87 days, an estimated 200
million gallons of crude oil polluted a huge area of the northern Gulf,
including shorelines from Florida to Texas.

The official damage assessment estimated that 17 percent of the already small
population of Bryde’s whales died as a result of the Deepwater Horizon, noting
that the population was the most affected offshore marine mammal. The disaster put the Bryde’s whales in the Gulf at an even greater risk of
extinction.

Please take action for endangered baleen whales.
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Even worse, the assessment predicted that Bryde’s whales would see ongoing
reproductive failures as a result of the oil exposure. Although this population
has been added to the Endangered Species List, another devastating oil spill
could mean the end of Bryde’s whales in the Gulf of Mexico. That is why the
administration must immediately reinstate the enforcement of robust drilling
safety and accountability measures.

By weakening oil drilling safety regulations and by directing oil rig regulators
to complete fewer inspections and levy fewer fines, the Trump Administration is
imperiling the Gulf Coast’s wildlife and coastal communities.

John, we need you to use your voice and
call on the White House to change course and protect Bryde’s whales and other
marine wildlife from fatal oil spills.
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Thank you for all you do for wildlife,

Jessie Ritter
Advisor, Water & Coastal Policy
National Wildlife Federation Action Fund

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