MIYOKO SAKASHITA Oceans Director and Senior Attorney Center for Biological Diversity San Francisco, Dec. 4, 2012.
"Oyster die-offs are an unmistakable warning that our oceans are in trouble and we've got to cut the carbon pollution if we want to have oysters, corals and whales," said Miyoko Sakashita, oceans director for the center, which last week petitioned the White House and E.P.A. to develop a national plan to address ocean acidification.
"I'm not really a fan of the M.S.C., but I think everyone would agree that it's more credible" than the new standard, John Hocevar, ocean campaigns director at Greenpeace, said.
John Hocevar, ocean campaign director at Greenpeace, told VICE News that even though some companies claim certain microbeads are biodegradable, they actually dissolve solely under certain conditions.
Leslie Tamminen, Ocean Program Director for Seventh Generation Advisors, urged public leaders to adopt policies that support and incentivize individuals and businesses in their efforts to eliminate disposable plastics, such as the bans on plastic bags in regions of India or the tax on plastic bags in Washington, DC.
Miyoko Sakashita, oceans program director for the Center for Biological Diversity, recently said more efforts are needed to keep whales safe from ocean hazards.
"The industry needed to be cleaned up and it was, though perceptions persist," said Roger Simon, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans area director for the Îles de la Madeleine.
"Spain has been one of the worst examples of using public money to modernize and increase the capacity of the fleet," said Saskia Richartz of Greenpeace in Brussels, the group's European Union oceans policy director.
Miyoko Sakashita is the oceans program director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
On the outside track: NRDC's President Frances Beinecke, Founder John Adams, and Oceans Program Director Sarah Chasis.
