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Are Oysters Doomed?

Posted on Slate: 18 Feb 2013 — By Maria Dolan — Don’t believe in climate change? Talk to a clam digger. A worker shucks a fresh oyster at the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. in June 2007 in Point Reyes Station, Calif. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images  Behind the counter at

WA’s first ocean acidification legislation

Posted on EPOCA: 08 Feb 2013  On the heels of Washington State’s pioneering efforts to identify local steps to slow ocean acidification, Sen. Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island) has introduced legislation to begin coordinating that response. SB 5547 would create a new council of elected and tribal representatives and affected industries to oversee research and