DEADLINE Wednesday to sign the petition: Don't let Exxon kill whales and otters!

I am posting this SierraRise alert on behalf of Jim Hines, the Sierra Club's Los Padres Chapter Conservation Chair in Ventura, CA.

Beautiful -- but threatened.

I never get tired of watching humpback whales breach the ocean and leap through the air. I'm a lucky man -- the Santa Barbara Channel, near my home in California, is one of the best places in the world to see whales in their natural habitat.

But this could change if Exxon gets its way - they're asking for permission from the government to harass and even kill an unlimited number of whales, seals, & otters!

Exxon wants to "take" (i.e. harass) as many marine mammals as necessary to expand an offshore drilling platform -- already one of the world's deepest -- with hydraulic hammers. We're working hard at the Sierra Club's Los Padres Chapter to stop them, but we can't do it alone -- I'm asking for your help.

It's Big Oil vs. whales and sea otters -- and together, we need to submit 50,000 comments by THIS WEDNESDAY. Please raise your voice and tell the National Marine Fisheries Service to reject Exxon's request to kill marine mammals!