Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Jealous of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Blowout Publicity By John DeCock, President, Clean Water Action July 2, 2010 05:50 PM COMMENTARY In an interview this morning with Clean Water Action, the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone complained that the Gulf Of Mexico BP Oil Blowout is overshadowing his many years [...]
Dead zone in gulf linked to ethanol production By Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLETuesday, July 6, 2010 (07-06) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- While the BP oil spill has been labeled the worst environmental catastrophe in recent U.S. history, a biofuel is contributing to a Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" the size of [...]
Gulf of Mexico dead zone predicted to be the size of New Jersey this year By By Elizabeth Weise, USA TodayJun 29, 2010 The Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' may be larger this year than in recent years, as big as the state of New Jersey, scientists are predicting. This year's dead zone could measure between 6,500 [...]
Dead zone in Gulf could be as large as New Jersey this year By Andrea Thompson, OurAmazingPlanetJune 28, 2010 The Gulf of Mexico's dead zone — an underwater area with little or no oxygen that has plagued Gulf waters for many years — will be larger than usual this year, scientists say. Dead zones are a [...]
Tale of two dead zones: Gulf's larger, Bay's smaller By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore SunJune 28, 2010As if the Gulf of Mexico doesn't have enough problems right now, scientists are predicting that a larger-than-average "dead zone" will form there this summer. The Chesapeake Bay, meanwhile, appears to be in line for one of its smallest [...]
Gulf Dead Zone Grows as No-Fishing Area Expands By Charles Cooper, CBS NewsJune 28, 2010 5:32 PMThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it had decided to expand the fishing closure from its current northern boundary as a precautionary measure to make sure consumers don't eat seafood contaminated by the gulf oil spill. All told, [...]
Bay 'dead zone' forecast smaller this summer By By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun The fish-smothering "dead zone" now forming in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay is likely to be one of the smallest in the past 25 summers, scientists predicted Tuesday, a brighter outlook they credited to favorable weather as well as [...]
A Dead Zone Was Already in the Gulf By By Ed Wallace June 2010The environmental damage being done to the Gulf of Mexico is often described as the size of either New Jersey or Massachusetts so the layman can understand its vastness, and indeed its enormity. Most recently the damage has been estimated to cover [...]
Oil is the real 'green' fuel, not wind or solar or biofuels By ARIZONA DAILY STAR Jonah Goldberg Tribune Media Services |Saturday, June 19, 2010A rolling "dead zone" off the Gulf of Mexico is killing sea life and destroying livelihoods. Recent estimates put the blob at nearly the size of New Jersey. Alas, I'm not [...]
Natural gas from Gulf well could create oxygen-poor 'dead zone' By Fort Worth Star TelegramPosted Friday, Jun. 18, 2010NEW ORLEANS -- Vast amounts of natural gas in crude oil escaping from the blown Gulf of Mexico well could seriously threaten marine life by creating "dead zones" where oxygen is so depleted that nothing lives. The [...]
