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STOP THE PEBBLE MINE from the NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL 6JUN11

PLEASE join in this campaign by the Natural Resources Defense Council to stop the Pebble Mine in Alaska and to protect the last remaining Cook Inlet Beluga whales from extinction and to protect one of the greatest salmon spawning river systems in the world. Watch the video and then click the link to sign on and learn more about the environmental threat from the Pebble Mine and Anglo American Corp.

Won’t you take just a few seconds to speak out for 340 beluga whales that are clinging to survival? The proposed Pebble Mine could push these amazing creatures over the edge into extinction. Tell the Anglo American corporation you won’t stand for it! And please do it now; it’s a matter of survival. BELUGAS AND MINING DON’T MIX! The Pebble Mine threatens two different populations of beluga whales. We can’t let the mining giants sacrifice these amazing creatures for the sake of corporate profits. Speak out now! There are only five populations of belugas left in Alaska and the proposed Pebble Mine threatens two of them! Please sign our new Petition to stop the Pebble Mine and save beluga whales. Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga population is down to its very last 340 individuals. But if mining giant Anglo American gets its way, the white whale’s habitat will be invaded by a new port, increased shipping traffic and pollution plus other industrial activity -- all to service the monumentally destructive Pebble Mine. Meanwhile, Bristol Bay’s population of some 1,600 belugas depend for their survival on the bay’s world-renowned salmon runs, which could be destroyed by Anglo-American’s mega-mine and its estimated 10 billion tons of contaminated waste. Tell Anglo American that you refuse to sacrifice Alaska’s beluga whales to the corporate bottom line. Thanks to your activism and support, we fought for and won endangered species status for Cook Inlet belugas -- also called “sea canaries” for their incredibly beautiful songs. More recently, the Obama Administration designated 3,000 square miles of Cook Inlet as “critical habitat” for these endangered whales. You and I didn’t fight to save these last 340 belugas, only to see them wiped out by the Pebble Mine! That’s one more big reason we need to stop this mine before it starts. Please make your voice heard on behalf of belugas. Tell Anglo American to abandon its plans for the Pebble Mine now. Sincerely, Frances Beinecke President Natural Resources Defense Council

350 BELUGA WHALES, THE LAST OF THEIR SPECIES? from NRDC 1SEP10

NRDC is always waging the good fight for the environment, and so for all of us. I hope you will consider a donation to them for this battle. For more information click the header to go to their website, and search this blog for earlier post on the proposed Pebble Mine and the environment devastation it will bring to Alaska and Cook Inlet.
 
We’re fighting in court right now to save the extraordinary beluga whales of Alaska’s Cook Inlet. Only 350 of these whales still survive, so there is no time to lose. Won’t you make a gift to help us win this case and save these singing whales from extinction? Thank you for helping NRDC come to their rescue.

Help NRDC Save the Last of Their Kind! Thanks to you, NRDC helped win historic protection for Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales in 2008. But Sarah Palin’s successor has sued to strip them of those vital safeguards. Now we need your help to defend the last 350 Cook Inlet belugas in federal court -- and to halt the massive Pebble Mine project that could help push them into extinction! They are beautiful. They are musical. And they are the LAST of their kind. They are Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales: a genetically-distinct population of extraordinary marine mammals that have already declined by more than 75 percent -- with only about 350 survivors remaining. NRDC needs your help now to defend these vulnerable belugas against a legal assault begun by former Governor Sarah Palin. Her successor escalated Alaska’s war on belugas by filing a lawsuit that would strip away the whale’s endangered species protection. Please make a special, tax-deductible donation right now that can help us stave off this attack and save the Cook Inlet belugas from extinction. Why are Cook Inlet belugas so endangered? For one thing, the Anchorage Sewage Treatment Plant pumps large volumes of waste into Cook Inlet every day, polluting the water and exposing the belugas to pathogens and toxic chemicals. But an even more disastrous threat may come from the massive Pebble Mine that Mitsubishi, Anglo American and other corporate giants are planning to carve out of the pristine landscape that surrounds the beluga’s favorite waters. If the mine gets built, industrial development in nearby Iniskin Bay -- part of the proposed critical habitat for Cook Inlet beluga whales -- is expected to include a vast marine terminal, roads and a slurry pipeline, further endangering the whales and pushing them that much closer to extinction. That’s why we are fighting in federal court right now to make sure that these belugas remain protected as an endangered species! Please make a contribution today that will help us turn back this senseless assault on the Cook Inlet belugas. Your gift will also help us escalate our worldwide campaign to stop the destructive Pebble Mine! Extinction is forever. It would be unconscionable to let the Cook Inlet beluga whales lose their protection or be wiped out by the Pebble Mine. Please help provide the critical funding we need to wage and win these two fights for beluga survival! And thank you for responding quickly to our urgent request. Sincerely, Peter Lehner Executive Director Natural Resources Defense Council P.S. Beluga whales are sometimes called “sea canaries” because of their mesmerizing songs. For a unique population of these beautiful, musical creatures to lose their protection now, while their population numbers only in the hundreds, could be their death knell. NRDC is going to court to defend beluga whales against the state of Alaska’s lawsuit but we need your help! Please make an emergency online gift to NRDC. Thank you.

NRDC takes pride in our careful stewardship of your contributions. Donations to this campaign will be used to help NRDC go to court to protect beluga whales and other wildlife or for other campaigns that enable NRDC to defend the environment in the most effective way possible.