U.S. Delays Slow Chesapeake Bay Cleanup, Audit Says (Update 3)November 27, 2006 18:47 EST, Bloomberg News Servicehttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=apn_m1xC7TIU&refer=usBy Neil Roland Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration's lack of commitment, coordination and funding contributed to delays in cleaning up Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in the District of Columbia and six eastern U.S. states, a U.S. [...]
Killing the Dead ZonesTuesday, November 28, 2006; Washington Post, Page A18Washington Post editorialhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701328.htmlProgress on the Chesapeake Bay? LAST YEAR was particularly bad for the Chesapeake Bay. Among its many problems, 4.5 percent of the bay's water had extremely low levels of oxygen saturation during the summer, creating anoxic "dead zones" that killed off valuable ecosystems. [...]
Will there be enough corn?November 19, 2006, DesMoineRegister.com http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006611190337 Ethanol boom poses environmental, economic challenges for Iowa It's hard to believe, but with fuel processors ratcheting up demand, Iowa could one day find itself short of its signature product. By PHILIP BRASHERREGISTER WASHINGTON BUREAU Washington, D.C. - Iowa helps feed the country, and increasingly fuels [...]
[SEASPAN] UN Warns Ocean Dead Zones on the RiseOctober - B 2006, volume 12-18CONTENTS:A) FEATURE1) UN Warns Ocean Dead Zones on the RiseB) NEWS AND VIEWS2) IUCN Report on Cetaceans in the Mediterranean and Black Seas3) U.S. Administration goes back to drawing board on offshore farms4) Rising temperatures, ocean acidity may stunt coral development5) The [...]
Ocean Dead Zone Off Oregon DissipatingOctober 31, 2006By Jeff Barnard, Associated PressGRANTS PASS, Ore. -- An ocean dead zone off Oregon that killed fish,crabs and sea worms in an area bigger than Rhode Island last summerlasted nearly three times longer than any of its predecessors beforedissipating with autumn's change in the weather, scientists said Monday.This [...]
U.N.: Number of Ocean 'Dead Zones' RiseOctober 19, 2006U.N.: Number of Ocean 'Dead Zones' RiseBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFiled at 1:50 p.m. ETWASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of oxygen-starved ''dead zones'' in theworld's seas and oceans has risen more than a third in the past twoyears because of fertilizer, sewage, animal waste and fossil-fuelburning, United Nations [...]
Further Rise in Number of Marine Dead Zones By Global Programme Action Global (GPA) for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Sources-2nd Intergovernmental Review19 October 2006 Further Rise in Number of Marine ‘Dead Zones’ Global Programme Action Global (GPA) for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Sources-2nd Intergovernmental Review Beijing/Nairobi, [...]
SeaSpan Newsletter October 2006SeaSpan--Marine Conservation News from the Pew Institute for OceanScienceOctober - A 2006, volume 12-17******************************************CONTENTS:*SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Pew Institute Seeks Director for Operations andStrategic Planning DevelopmentA) FEATURE1) U.N. to Consider Deep Sea Trawling BanB) NEWS AND VIEWS2) U.S. President Bush Calls for Halt of Bottom Trawling3) Popular Soup Imperils Sharks4) Mercury Contamination Moves Beyond [...]
Star Tribune (Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota) Ongoing Series: Water in MindAugust 2006http://www.startribune.com/10089/index.html
LUMCON Executive Director Testifies for the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans March 24, 2006 LUMCON Executive Director, Dr. Nancy N. Rabalais, presented testimony to a congressional field hearing on March 21, 2006, in Gretna, Louisiana. The hearing for the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans was chaired by Honorable Wayne Gilchrest, R-MD. The purpose [...]
