Aggresive federal efforts could test bay group By David A. Fahrenthold December 18, 2009 , The Washington Post ANNAPOLIS --At the podium, a political science professor was ripping into the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the well-funded granddaddy of bay area environmentalism. The Chesapeake's biggest fight in a generation is starting, he was saying. And the foundation [...]

OSU scientists believe global warming contributing to growing dead zone off Oregon coast By Shelby BatesonDecember 20, 2:53 PM, Green Technology ExaminerSouth Africa Oceanic Dead Zones http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/6822/SouthAfrica.A2004338.0835.250m.jpg There is a dead zone off the Oregon coastline which has been growing since 2002.  A group of scientists at Oregon State  University (OSU), working in conjunction with [...]

A voice for Chesapeake Bay has a grim message By Rex Springston December 28, 2009 , Richmond Times-Dispatch People have a basic human right to clean water, according to Ernst. "I think you can really make a case that this is the civil-rights issue of our generation," said Ernst, an associate professor of political science [...]

Can we save the Gulf of Mexico? By Dr. Larry McKinney December 24, 2009 at midnight , Corpus Christi Caller-Times The president charged the heads of executive departments and federal agencies to develop a national policy recommendation to ensure the protection, maintenance and restoration of oceans, our coasts and the Great Lakes.    The task [...]

Farmers fear fallout from film, activists By PHILIP BRASHER and DAN PILLER, pbrasher@dmreg.com January 6, 2010, DES MOINES REGISTERActivists and artists are drawing attention to agricultural practices they say harm animals and the environment. Farmers worry that the notoriety will lead to new regulations and costs.    Two examples this week illustrated the conflict:    [...]