YouTube Video on “Navigating Troubled Waters”

YouTube Video on "Navigating Troubled Waters" By UpTakeVideo October 04, 2010 Yesterday the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History showed two screenings of "Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story", a documentary which relies on undisputed scientific facts to narrate how fertilizers used by industrial agriculture make their way into the water systems and [...]

YouTube Video on “Navigating Troubled Waters”2017-01-17T09:22:09+00:00

Mary Landrieu Goes to Bat for Louisianas Wetlands

Mary Landrieu Goes to Bat for Louisianas Wetlands By Georgianne Nienaber, The Huffington PostSeptember 28, 2010  United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today gave testimony to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling at its open meeting in Washington, DC. Landrieu's testimony focused on the importance of a [...]

Mary Landrieu Goes to Bat for Louisianas Wetlands2017-01-17T09:22:09+00:00

Off-again, on-again ag film draws a crowd

Off-again, on-again ag film draws a crowd By Marlin Levison, Star Tribune3 October 2010 Mark Schultz, associate director of the Land Stewardship Project, spoke at a news conference before two showings of “Troubled Waters.” The film also will be aired at 8 p.m. Tuesday on public television.  After weeks of ruckus, a documentary on farming's [...]

Off-again, on-again ag film draws a crowd2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

Study: Mo. River projects won’t affect ‘dead zone’

Study: Mo. River projects won't affect 'dead zone' By By CHRIS BLANK - Associated Press WriterSep. 29, 2010JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A study released Tuesday concludes that a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to dump sediment into the Missouri River while improving wildlife habitats would not significantly increase the size of the "dead zone" [...]

Study: Mo. River projects won’t affect ‘dead zone’2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

Questions persist in ‘Troubled Waters’ film flap

Questions persist in 'Troubled Waters' film flap By John Croman, KARE11.com9/30/2010SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Lawmakers and citizens gave positive marks to the "Troubled Waters" documentary after viewing it Wednesday, but still had tough questions for the dean of the University of Minnesota's school of agriculture about academic freedom at the U. "I thought it was [...]

Questions persist in ‘Troubled Waters’ film flap2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

Troubled Waters opens at U

Troubled Waters opens at U By The Minnesota Daily4 October 2010To Larkin McPhee, two filled premieres of "Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story" on Sunday offered a "silver lining" to several weeks of controversy. Nearly 650 people saw the documentary at the University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History. McPhee — the film’s writer, [...]

Troubled Waters opens at U2010-10-07T10:28:00+00:00

Wind offers reprieve to struggling, dying fish in Hood Canal dead zone

Wind offers reprieve to struggling, dying fish in Hood Canal dead zone By Craig Welch, Seattle Times29 Sep 2010 Normally bottom-dwelling quillback rockfish (top) and a few yellowtail rockfish hover near the surface of Hood Canal, while a stressed sunflower star (left) spreads its webbing; both scenes attributed to a lack of oxygen.   Wolf [...]

Wind offers reprieve to struggling, dying fish in Hood Canal dead zone2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

World’s rivers in crisis, scientists report

World's rivers in crisis, scientists report By Journal SentinelSept. 29, 2010 A lifeless "dead zone" the size of Massachusetts in the Gulf of Mexico. Excessive irrigation. Mercury and pesticides in fish. Declining river water quality. For the first time, scientists from around the world have assessed how the most critical threats to rivers affect people [...]

World’s rivers in crisis, scientists report2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

U of M faculty, citing academic freedom, call for investigation of Troubled Waters actions

U of M faculty, citing academic freedom, call for investigation of Troubled Waters actions By Twin Cities Daily PlanetSeptember 27, 2010After more than a week of bad press and internal and external pressure, the University of Minnesota announced last week it would be premiering the film Troubled Waters as originally planned. The film explores, among [...]

U of M faculty, citing academic freedom, call for investigation of Troubled Waters actions2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

Scientists worry Hood Canal may suffer extensive fish kills

Scientists worry Hood Canal may suffer extensive fish kills By By Craig Welch, Seattle Times environment reporter 22 September 2010  The bottom fish are at the surface once again, milling about in massive clusters along the upper reaches of Hood Canal, trying to avoid death by suffocation. The quillback rockfish, copper rockfish, ratfish, Dover sole [...]

Scientists worry Hood Canal may suffer extensive fish kills2010-09-28T12:08:00+00:00
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