Group targets Gulf dead zone By Amy Wold, Advocate staff writerSep 5, 2007, The Baton Rouge ADVOCATE When liquefied natural gas companies wanted to use water from the Gulf of Mexico in their processing, people got concerned enough about the possible environmental damages that they got organized. This “Gumbo Alliance” included environmental groups, the fishing [...]

Dead zone in Gulf of Mexico continues to increase By Nanci Velez9/4/2007; The Daily Reveille (LSU, Online Edition) The dead zone off the coast of Louisiana has grown to its largest size at 20,500 square kilometers, according to a July 2007 report by Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Dead zones are places in aquatic environments that [...]