Marine waters are growing more acidic because every day, our oceans absorb 22 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution from power plants and cars. This is destroying marine life thats crucial to the food web: Oysters are failing to reproduce, corals are growing more slowly, and some plankton have thinner, weaker shells. Waters off Washington and Oregon, where shellfish hatcheries have experienced massive die-offs, are already in trouble. The EPA can do something about it -- using an existing law, the Clean Water Act -- but so far it hasnt. To push the feds to address the critical problem of ocean acidification as soon as possible, the Center has filed suit over the EPAs failure to act. Our oceans are taking a deadly turn, said Miyoko Sakashita, the Centers oceans director. If we dont act fast, we may not have oceans full of life and wonder for much longer. - Center For Biological Diversity
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:40:00 +0000
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