The Clean Water Act which was drafted to protected half of the United States fresh waterways is now being rescinded by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers. The agencies will “undergo a broader review of how far the federal government’s jurisdiction over the nation’s waters should reach.”
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2. EPA Scientist Board Member Forced to Change Testimony
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3. Climate Change is Warming Ice and Increasing Movement
The warming climate is melting Arctic Sea ice and creating a virtual vortex with remaining flows. “stirring the remaining ice faster, increasing the odds that ice-rafted pollution will foul a neighboring country’s waters.” The declining sea ice is opening up the Arctic to more industrial development and resource extraction, and bring along with it pollution such as oil spills.
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4. Current State of Climate Change and the Oceans
5. Large Percent of Fish Caught in Oceans Get Dumped
Worldwide, fishing vessels dump much of their low-value catch. That amounts to 10 million tons being discarded of the 100 million tons of fish caught annually. “Industrial fleets often throw back fish that are damaged, diseased, too small or of an unwanted species.
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6. Plastic Pollution in Antarctica Five Times Worse Than Expected
The levels of microplastics in Antarctica have been found to be five times more than previous estimates. As many as 51 trillion microplastic pieces are found in our oceans including in ice cores and on beaches. Large plastic items have been studied by scientists in Antarctica for 30 years, but the effect of microplastics on the ecosystem is unknown.
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7. ‘Manta’ No More!
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