End toxic waste dumping that threatens Cook Inlet belugas

Cook Inlet belugas are on the brink of extinction – but we can help them right now by keeping toxic waste out of their home.

These belugas are declining, and as a small population, every loss severely impacts the group’s chance of survival. Experts believe that pollution could be one of the barriers standing between these whales and recovery.

But the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the agency responsible for issuing Clean Water Act permits, hasn’t stood in the way of toxic waste dumping in Cook Inlet. One corporation, Hilcorp, has been allowed to dump waste in Cook Inlet for years – the only place in U.S. waters where this kind of dumping is allowed.

With the survival of endangered belugas on the line, we can’t wait to act.

Send a message to the ADEC: Stop permitting toxic waste dumping in Cook Inlet that threatens marine wildlife!

Message

ADEC Commission

Jason

Brune

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

We’re asking Commissioner Brune of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) to not issue any general or individual Clean Water Act permit that allows for toxic dumping in Cook Inlet.

There are only 279 Cook Inlet belugas left, and pollution might be one of the factors impeding their recovery. Other beluga populations have been documented to have higher rates of cancer as a result of pollution. Likewise, Cook Inlet belugas have been documented to higher exposure to pollutants than other wild populations. Hilcorp has been allowed to dump in Cook Inlet for years. Cook Inlet is the only place in US waters where this dumping is allowed. There is no reason why Cook Inlet should be an exception. The effects of continuing careless dumping may not be realized in our local belugas until it is too late.

We cannot wait for a study to prove what we already know about the consequences of toxic dumping – Cook Inlet belugas are already on the edge of extinction. Please only allow a Clean Water Act permit with ZERO discharge.

Thank you,
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