Exxon ignores calls from 50,000 people to stop threatening rare whales

Exxon ignores calls from 50,000 people to stop threatening rare whales

ExxonMobil has ignored demands that the oil and gas giant, along with several other companies, suspend activities that harm the Western gray whale, one of the world’s most critically endangered whales.

A petition containing 50,000 signatures from around the world - including thousands of Passport holders - was delivered to the CEO of ExxonMobil in Irving, Texas, and Exxon's Moscow headquarters in early August, just as the first whales arrived at their summer feeding grounds - the area of Exxon's Sakhalin I oil and gas project - at northeast Sakhalin Island, in the Russian Far East.

But despite requests to respond to the petition, Exxon has so far remained silent.

WWF will continue to try to engage with Exxon and the other companies and will be watching to see if they do the right thing for the Western Gray Whale. Please stay tuned for further updates.