US corn biofuels will expand Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone': scientists By AFP GoogleMarch 11, 2008http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jU6qItzJ1GYKP8nH0U2vO6ggZlag VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — A planned increase in US ethanol production from corn would spell environmental "disaster" for marine species in the Gulf of Mexico, said a co-author of a science study published Monday. A boost in corn production [...]
Biofuels push could boost Gulf dead zone By Amy WoldThe Advocate, Baton Rouge; March 11, 2008http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/16485626.html?showAll=y&c=y As Congress mandates an increase in biofuel production, a scientific study shows the push for additional corn production could have negative consequences for the Gulf of Mexico's health. Published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, [...]
Indiana can't afford to ignore its environment By EditorialIndiana Star; March 3, 2008http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803020336 It is Indiana's forgotten issue. State leaders in recent years have rightly dedicated time, money and energy on Indiana's twin needs: rebuilding the economy and revamping the education system. But a third "E'' -- the environment -- has been overlooked. [...]
Success eludes dead-zone task forceThe Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, Louisiana; March 3, 2008http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803030310 A federal-state task force created to address the dead-zone problem in the Gulf of Mexico met in Chicago last week. They came together with a number of state and local officials but had little to report in regard to reducing or eliminating the [...]
How Green Are Bamboo Clothes? By Mary Logan BarmeyerThe Green Guidehttp://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/ask/bamboo A reader writes the Green Guide: I heard on NPR a report on bamboo fabrics and other products, and in a very brief comment the reporter said that bamboo is processed using very harsh chemicals. I have not been able to find out about [...]
Revised plan to curb 'dead zone' wins nod but doubts renewed about reaching goal By Chris KirkhamThe Times-Picayune; March 01, 2008 http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/120435330153690.xml&coll=1 A cadre of state and federal officials signed off on a revised plan to limit the Gulf of Mexico's oxygen-starved "dead zone" in Chicago on Friday, amid criticism from the scientific community that it [...]
EDITORIAL: No life in dead zone fightThe Times-Picayune; March 01, 2008http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/120435328253690.xml&coll=1 A revised plan to shrink the Gulf of Mexico dead zone by 2015 will not revive the moribund effort to cure this ecological disaster; in fact, critics say that the new version of the plan is weaker than the one first adopted seven years [...]
Gulf dead zone plan stagnates By Chris KirkhamThe Times-Picayune; February 28, 2008http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1204180301219420.xml&coll=1 Seven years after approving a pact meant to reduce a large, lifeless band of ocean water that forms off Louisiana's coast every summer, representatives from a slew of state and federal agencies will reconvene in Chicago today amid sobering results. The perennial [...]
Job well done, LUMCON By EditorialTri-Parish Times; February 15, 2008http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2008/02/13/your_voice/editorials/322_50_ourview.txt With little fanfare, it was announced that Terrebonne Parish's Dr. Nancy Rabalais, executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) was chosen to receive the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography's Ruth Patrick Award.The celebration will take place in June at ASLO's meeting in [...]
LUMCON scientists frustrated with dwindling dollars for research By Mike BrossetteTri-Parish Times, February 13, 2008http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2008/02/13/breaking_news/322_50_lumcompg1.txt Federal money for the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in Cocodrie to study the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico has been dwindling rapidly, according to two scientists associated with the institute.The dead zone, or hypoxie zone, is an area [...]
