Campus location: William H. Gates Hall (LAW)
Campus room: UW School of Law William H. Gates Hall 4293 Memorial Way Seattle, WA 98195
Event sponsors: University of Washington School of Law, Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy & the Washington Ocean Acidification Center.
About the Program
This symposium includes comprehensive litigation and legislation updates regarding Washington’s efforts to respond to our acidifying waters. Panelists will discuss the opportunities to adapt existing laws and the need to implement new laws to address ocean acidification, the current strategies taken by Washington state, and the various stakeholder perspectives on the issue.
Sponsors
This event is co-hosted by the University of Washington School of Law, the Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy (WJELP), and the Washington Ocean Acidification Center.
Program Highlights
– Basics of Ocean Acidification (OA) and Its Effects on Marine Life
– Modeling the Local and Global Drivers of OA
– Impacts of OA on Washington’s Commercial, Recreational, and Tribal Fisheries
– Survey of National Coastal Vulnerability to OA
– Ninth Circuit OA Litigation Update
– OA and Tribal Shellfish Rights
– Blue Ribbon Panel and Pacific Coast Collaborative Update
Options for OA Federal Rulemaking
Call for Papers
The Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy (WJELP) invites submissions for papers focused on ocean acidification. Paper submissions due by December 31, 2015. Submit articles via email to wjelp@uw.edu
Who Should Attend
– Attorneys who have clients involved in fisheries and from coastal communities
– Attorneys whose clients deal with state and federal water quality, water pollution, and air pollution laws
– Public interest attorneys who work in environmental law
– Persons with an interest in the current environmental issues within Washington’s Puget Sound and coastal region
– Students and members of the public are welcome.
Ocean Acidification
The Puget Sound and our Pacific Northwest marine waters are particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification because of our location combined with other global, natural, and human-driven factors. These factors include:
The amount of global carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.
Upwelling of nutrient-rich—and often corrosive—waters off of our coast.
Human activities causing runoff of nutrients and other pollutants from our watersheds and cities into Puget Sound and coastal waters.
Industrial emissions of acidic gases other than carbon dioxide.
In isolation, any one of these factors may not tip the balance—but when added together they make our waters more susceptible to ocean acidification.
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