Our continual carbon dioxide emissions are killing our oceans by causing ocean acidification, which is expected to lead to a mass extinction of corals by the middle to end of this century.
The best and only truly effective way of combating ocean acidification and climate change is to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions. And the United States is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and is in a position to be the global leader on emissions reductions and the development and implementation of alternative energy technologies.
Congress can act to protect the oceans from the threats of ocean acidification and climate change, but they need to hear your voice. So tell your Senators to vote to stop ocean acidification and climate change.
We took action on “Enforce Lower CO2 Emissions to Stop Ocean Acidification”!
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4:25 pm PST, Nov 21,Jessica Walker, Texas
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10:25 pm PST, Nov 20,Soo Thacker, Alaska
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7:42 am PST, Nov 20,Linda Isham, New Jersey
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7:34 am PST, Nov 20,Stephen Weatherby, Georgia
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7:30 pm PST, Nov 19,Brande Pickerel, Washington
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8:29 am PST, Nov 19,Name not displayed, Texas
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8:40 pm PST, Nov 18,David Lee Daniel Jr, Kentucky
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4:02 pm PST, Nov 18,Karen Campbell, California
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12:28 pm PST, Nov 18,Kathleen Brabender, Wisconsin
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2:26 am PST, Nov 18,Lori Barrie, Hawaii
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4:33 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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2:22 pm PST, Nov 17,Demaree Hukill, Texas
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9:24 am PST, Nov 17,Kelli Vogltance, Massachusetts
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11:23 pm PST, Nov 16,Boot Hughston, California
If we don't protect natural resources today, we won't be able to enjoy them tomorrow and for years to come
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4:43 pm PST, Nov 16,Alina Robinson, New Jersey
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4:16 pm PST, Nov 16,Theresia Cronan, California
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3:35 pm PST, Nov 16,Regan Mullins, Idaho
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8:16 am PST, Nov 16,MELISSA FERNS, Michigan
Dear Senator Name,
I am writing to urge you to protect our oceans and coasts from the devastating impacts of ocean acidification and climate change by passing a meaningful climate bill that does not expand offshore drilling into previously protected areas.
Our continued burning of fossil fuels is threatening our oceans and all who depend on them. Due to our carbon dioxide emissions, the oceans are becoming more acidic, a problem that will likely cause a mass extinction of corals and drastically change the oceans as we know them if action to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions is not taken immediately. Not only are the oceans becoming more acidic, sea levels also rising - threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions along the coasts; warming waters are changing weather patterns and may increase the intensity of storms and harm wildlife delicately adapted to specific ocean temperatures.
To prevent the catastrophic and irreversible effects of ocean acidification and climate change we must reduce our carbon dioxide emissions by 25-40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80-95 percent by 2050. This means moving away from fossil fuels like oil and coal and instead developing clean energy alternatives. Expanded drilling will have the exact opposite effect.
The threat to our oceans, coasts and wildlife is too great to allow more delay. We need to shift to a new energy economy of clean, renewable energy. By reducing the burning of fossil fuels, we may be able to turn the tide of ocean acidification and prevent the massive extinction of corals and the fish and marine wildlife that depend on them. Our oceans support fishing and tourism economies and should contribute to a new energy economy as well. A clean energy future represents jobs that we can't afford to leave behind.
The United States must protect its oceans and coasts from the impacts of ocean acidification. Any climate legislation that moves through the Senate must consider ocean acidification. Our oceans depend upon it.
The time to act is now.
Sincerely,
Melissa Ferns
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12:14 am PST, Nov 16,Melissa Webb, Texas
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4:00 pm PST, Nov 15,Lance Glover, California
Coral reefs harbor as much biodiversity as the world's rainforests, yet are in even greater peril. Please do what is in your power to protect them for future generations.
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1:59 pm PST, Nov 15,Vanessa Sandy, West Virginia
I think it would be helpful to this cause if the people who would be affected by job loss due to bills and laws being passed for the improvement of the evironment and their families are considered and a plan put in place to assist the people while in the transition from a career they know to one they will have to be trained to do.
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1:04 pm PST, Nov 15,Amy Goldring Tajalli, Florida
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12:55 pm PST, Nov 15,Kenneth Knoppik, Florida
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12:55 pm PST, Nov 15,Eryn Starr, Illinois
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12:43 pm PST, Nov 15,Edith Perez, Illinois
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10:08 am PST, Nov 15,Madeline Baxter, Arkansas
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9:23 am PST, Nov 15,Natalya E, Colorado
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7:17 am PST, Nov 15,Patti Davies, Indiana
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4:51 pm PST, Nov 14,Lynn Fischer, Florida
We must take immediate action and do all that is possible to make our oceans healthy and alive.
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2:53 pm PST, Nov 14,Anne Clancy, North Carolina
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8:18 am PST, Nov 14,Chanelle Hill, Minnesota
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4:36 am PST, Nov 14,Leia Wilburn, Texas
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7:53 pm PST, Nov 13,Mandy Munoz, California
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1:20 pm PST, Nov 13,Leslie Chapman, Texas
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4:01 am PST, Nov 13,Allyson Sites, Indiana
must understand the impact of what the oceans would be like with no coral and other ecosystems essential to sustaining life in the oceans and on this planet
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4:27 pm PST, Nov 12,Steph Colsrud, Iowa
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10:46 am PST, Nov 12,Christina Little, New Jersey
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9:15 am PST, Nov 12,Kevin Silvey, Florida
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8:15 am PST, Nov 12,Elizabeth Kenny, Massachusetts
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11:52 pm PST, Nov 11,Alix Deyling, California
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8:08 am PST, Nov 11,Alejandro Procopio, California
