“What if I were to tell you its 16,00 times louder than what you just heard here?” Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-S.C.) said during a House committee hearing.
Rep. Joe Cunningham blasted an air-horn at a Trump official during a House committee hearing this week to demonstrate how seismic air gun testing can be “disruptive” for marine animals.
“What about every, say, ten seconds, like seismic airgun blasting, that goes on for days, weeks, months?” the congressman pressed."What if you depended on sound for hunting your food and for communication? Do you think it would be disruptive?” Cunningham continued.“What if I were to tell you its 16,00 times louder than what you just heard here?” the Democrat asked.
Last year, the NOAA granted five companies permission to conduct such tests, despite many arguing that it could harm endangered whales and other marine life. According to the Washington Post, five companies are currently awaiting final permits to be issued from the Interior Department in order to start testing between Florida and New Jersey.
Although Oliver admits there have been some less than lethal effects from seismic testing on marine life, he argued that black whales are more often physically harmed and killed by boat strikes and getting caught in fishing nets.
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