Dear NRDC Activist,

A marine sanctuary with 700 miles of crystal blue water full of blue and fin whales, whale sharks, leatherback sea turtles, and thousands of other wildlife species — this is what U.S. energy company Mexico Pacific has been trying to turn into a gas station and shipping channel with its proposal to export filthy liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Gulf of California off mainland Mexico's western coast.

Now, Mexico Pacific’s original seven-year permit is expiring, and despite their own mismanagement, flawed decisionmaking, and mounting opposition to industrialization of the Gulf, they are asking the Department of Energy for an extension of seven more years.

We cannot stand by and let Mexico Pacific — backed by J.P. Morgan and oil giants like Shell, ConocoPhillips, and ExxonMobil — get another free pass to pollute an irreplaceable marine paradise. We must raise our voices now because “drill, baby, drill” is not the right solution — for people or for marine life.

Tell Mexico Pacific to reverse their plans to export dirty energy out of the pristine Gulf of California.

Known as the “aquarium of the world,” the Gulf of California is home to more than 800 types of fish and nearly 40 percent of all marine mammal species on Earth — including endangered blue whales, the largest animal ever, and the critically endangered vaquita, the world’s smallest porpoise, which lives, feeds, and nurses its young here. And this World Heritage Site is a vital breeding ground for endangered seabirds already struggling to find food because of overfishing.

If Mexico Pacific’s project advances:

• A huge LNG export terminal will be built
• Fracked gas will be transported through 650 miles of new pipeline from Texas to Mexico
• Volatile LNG in tankers (each of which are nearly the length of three football fields) will be shipped to Asia
• Marine life will be threatened by unavoidable ship strikes and increased ocean noise
• Massive new LNG shipments will lead to more carbon and methane pollution, drastically contributing to the climate crisis

Endangered species will die, other imperiled marine wildlife will be at risk, and one of the world’s most acclaimed areas of biodiversity will be forever altered — all to create dirty energy we don’t need and to make the oil and gas industry richer.

Mexico Pacific’s dangerous LNG project must be stopped. Urge the company not to pollute this unparalleled World Heritage Site.

NRDC is fighting back with everything we’ve got. Nearly 50,000 supporters like you have already stood up to demand that LNG project backer J.P. Morgan end their support.

NRDC has also put investors like Japan’s largest bank, MUFG, on notice that financing this project could violate their own environmental and human rights policies and make them vulnerable to lawsuits. We’ve also been working to bring global attention to the unspoiled Gulf and its astonishing marine wildlife.

And we've been directly appealing to Mexico Pacific. That’s why we need your help now to urge Mexico Pacific to abandon ship.

Join our massive outcry to keep fossil fuels out of this incomparable marine sanctuary.

Thanks so much for your ongoing support of this important campaign.

Sincerely,

Joel Reynolds
Senior Attorney, Nature, NRDC