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G_j

(40,562 posts)
Thu Jul 5, 2012, 10:19 AM Jul 2012

Stop the killing of 1,800 whales and dolphins and the deafening of 15,900 more [View all]

(Dear MoveOn member,)

According to the U.S. Navy's own estimates, the use of high-frequency underwater sound for testing in Hawaii, off the California and Atlantic Coasts, and in the Gulf of Mexico will deafen 15,900 whales and dolphins and kill 1,800 more over the next five years.

Whales and dolphins depend on sound to navigate and live. The Navy is required to include comments from the public on their Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), so your signature and comment on my SignOn.org petition could help stop this naval program and save the lives of these ocean creatures.

My petition says:

Stop the killing of 1,800 whales and dolphins and the deafening of 15,900 more by ceasing the operation of the Navy's underwater sound system in the Hawaiian Islands, the California and Atlantic Coasts, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Will you sign the petition? Click here to add your name, and then pass it along to your friends:

http://signon.org/sign/navy-under-water-sound.fb11?source=s.fb&r_by=1565992

Thanks for your help.


–Lyndia Storey

PS: The comments must be in by July 10, 2012, so please sign my petition today.

This petition was created on SignOn.org, the progressive, nonprofit petition site that will never sell your email address and will never promote a petition because someone paid us to. SignOn.org is sponsored by MoveOn Civic Action, which is not responsible for the contents of this or other petitions posted on the site.

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Done with pleasure. n/t sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #1
K&R Mnemosyne Jul 2012 #2
Year after year, the Navy continues to bombard the Oceans with damaging high frequency ladjf Jul 2012 #3
seems to be an ongoing policy. G_j Jul 2012 #4
It is more than just testing. hack89 Jul 2012 #6
If that is the case, they need to devise a way to simulate the situation for the trainees. ladjf Jul 2012 #7
K&R - Done. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #5
Signed. n/t onestepforward Jul 2012 #8
Signé. Amonester Jul 2012 #9
Can anyone provide a link to the Navy Environmental Impact Statement ? hack89 Jul 2012 #10
here: G_j Jul 2012 #13
Signed. nt emmadoggy Jul 2012 #11
Friends of the Sea: G_j Jul 2012 #12
k G_j Jul 2012 #14
Signed, shared and tweeted. Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #15
it's got a beat & I can dance to it... nt G_j Jul 2012 #16
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