Plan may protect Gulf By GulfFederal and state governments are setting into motion plans to protect northern Gulf of Mexico communities from future hazards, policy makers invited to speak at a conference for scientists and coastal natural resource managers said Wednesday.Thu, Nov. 30, 2006; Sun HeraldThe full article will be available on the Web for [...]
Scientist calls for action to help Gulf By A world-renowned ocean explorer and scientist called on her marine and coastal science colleagues at a symposium to move beyond research and take action for healthy seas, which she said are being exploited beyond what they can shoulder.Nov. 29, 2006, Sun HeraldThe full article will be available [...]
Slowing a tide of pollutants By Runoff from land dwellers -- urban and agricultural -- harms coastal waters, but there are solutionsDecember 25, 2006, Los Angeles TimesBy Kenneth R. WeissTimes Staff WriterDecember 25, 2006CALL it the slobber stopper.It looks like an elaborate fountain. Water gurgles through a series of red-tiled pools, spillways and chutes within [...]
EPA funding study of Gulfs dead zone Dec 7, 2006; 2theadvocate.com http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/4849681.html?showAll=y&c=yEPA awarded grants to LSU’s Coastal Studies Institute here and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in Cocodrie so researchers can work to better understand the “dead zones” that form each summer in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. The grants are part [...]
A greener Congress11/25/2006, St. Louis Post-Dispatch By Adam Sichko POST-DISPATCH WASHINGTON BUREAU http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/3B8D5E182654E4378625723100227AB3?OpenDocumentWASHINGTON — Deadly chemical runoff and suffocating loads of sedimentplague the Mississippi River, and the governors of Missouri, Illinois andthree other states in the river basin want an accounting of the problem.A bill in Congress would do just that, and now that Democrats have [...]
Star Tribune (Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota) Ongoing Series: Water in MindOctober 2006 http://www.startribune.com/10089/story/679641.html
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 [...]