EDITORIAL: Children of the corn By Experts say that it will take decades of concerted action to reduce the size of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, a huge area of low oxygen that forms off the coast of Louisiana each summer, killing bottom-dwelling species and chasing away shrimp and fish.Times Picayune, Tuesday, June 12, [...]
Do no (more) harm By Corn-based ethanol is the alternative fuel of choice for many politicians and investors. It's not hard to understand why.STL Today Editorial, St. Louis; 06/12/2007http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/73C69C348793325C862572F8000048B2?OpenDocumentEthanol's most enthusiastic backers say it promises both to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign energy sources and to provide a new market for Corn Belt farmers. [...]
Gulf's dead zone growing, despite pledge to control By There's more runoff depleting the oxygenThe Times-Picayune; Sunday, June 10, 2007By Chris Kirkhamhttp://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1181455005222480.xml&coll=1 Every late spring, it forms 12 miles off the Louisiana coast and lasts for months: a sprawling, lifeless band of water known as the "dead zone." Shrimp trawlers steer clear, knowing the low [...]
Fertilizer runoff creates 'Dead Zone' in Gulf By Gulf's dead zone persists as government drags its feetSt. Louis Post-Dispatch; June 10, 2007http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/2C2E2B3E94714DFA862572F40067DAC4?OpenDocument By Bill Lambrecht POST-DISPATCHWASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEFWASHINGTON — There was hope for a cure down in the Louisiana bayous even as the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone expanded like a B-movie blob. The year was [...]
More ethanol means more corn -- and more water pollutionSt. Louis Post-Dispatch; 06/10/2007http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/F31479795E9BB910862572F5001A855A?OpenDocumentBy Bill Lambrecht POST-DISPATCH WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF CHARLESTON, Ill. — Kayaking in green algae is not Ron Easter's idea of the pleasant outing he seeks as he sets out three or four evenings a week to paddle the Embarras River in the farmlands of [...]
Why the corn boom could hurt the Gulf of Mexico By Researchers say more corn in the Midwest this year for the ethanol industry could mean more problems for the Gulf of Mexico this summer.Minnesota Public Radio; May 29, 2007http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/05/23/nitrogen/by Mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio Researchers say more corn in the Midwest this year for [...]
Peak Soil: Why cellulosic ethanol, biofuels are unsustainable and a threat to AmericaPublished on 10 Apr 2007 by Culture Change. Archived on 13 Apr 2007 by Energy BulletinBy Alice Friedemann "The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt Contents Part 1. The Dirt on Dirt.Part 2. The Poop on Ethanol: [...]
Troubled watersApril 16. 2007 4:30AM, The Gazettehttp://gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070416/NEWS/70416047/1002/NEWSBy Cindy HadishToxins, nitrates, phosphorous and untreated sewage containing viruses, bacteria and other pathogens inundate the Iowa River, according to a report released today that ranks the river third on the Most Endangered Rivers in America list for 2007.The report marks the first time an Iowa river has made [...]
Dead Zones under the SurfaceJanuary 20, 2007; National Journal/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/07JanDZUnderSurfaceNationalJournal.pdf
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 [...]
