State officials to test latest fish kill

State officials to test latest fish kill By by Maya Rodriguez / Eyewitness News, WWLTVSeptember 21, 2010PLAQUEMINES -- Thousands of dead fish floated along Bayou Robinson on Sunday, the latest in a string of four major fish kills plaguing Plaquemines Parish. "Millions of fish, absolutely, millions," said P.J. Hahn, Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Management director. [...]

State officials to test latest fish kill2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

Oil unlikely to have caused fish kill, La. fisheries agency says

Oil unlikely to have caused fish kill, La. fisheries agency says By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press WriterSaturday, September 18, 2010 at 4:32 p.m   NEW ORLEANS — The latest raft of bloated fish found in Plaquemines Parish probably died for the same reason as one found six days earlier — low oxygen caused by high [...]

Oil unlikely to have caused fish kill, La. fisheries agency says2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

Troubled Waters – Troubled U

Troubled Waters - Troubled U By BY BRIAN DEVORE, LOON COMMONS, Twin Cities Daily PlanetSeptember 19, 2010When the Daily Planet revealed this week that the U of M has pulled the plug on the premiere of an important film about farming and the Mississippi River, it wasn't just another hint that corporate powers are calling [...]

Troubled Waters – Troubled U2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

U of M dean says ‘Troubled Waters’ film ‘vilifies agriculture’

U of M dean says 'Troubled Waters' film 'vilifies agriculture' By by Stephanie Hemphill, Minnesota Public Radio September 17, 2010St. Paul, Minn. — The Dean of the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture says the premiere of a film about pollution in the Mississippi River was postponed because it "vilifies agriculture." The film, "Troubled Waters," [...]

U of M dean says ‘Troubled Waters’ film ‘vilifies agriculture’2010-09-22T12:34:00+00:00

Where are all of the Gulf’s heroes now?

Where are all of the Gulf's heroes now? By BY FRED GRIMM, MIAMI HERALDSEP 19, 2010Back in May, on a fishing boat touring Brenton Bay, Herald photographer Joe Rimkus and I saw those first red tendrils of oil washing into Plaquemines Parish. Blackened stands of Roseau cane seemed a harbinger of the catastrophe that would [...]

Where are all of the Gulf’s heroes now?2010-09-22T12:27:00+00:00

Who pulled the plug on University of Minnesota’s

Who pulled the plug on University of Minnesota's By BY MOLLY PRIESMEYER, TWIN CITIES DAILY PLANETSeptember 15, 2010    [UPDATED 9/16/10—See box below.] Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story has been nearly four years in the making. A team of researchers, filmmakers, and scientists have been up and down the Mississippi River, knee deep in [...]

Who pulled the plug on University of Minnesota’s2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

The Dead Zone: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill versus the dead zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico – which is worse?

The Dead Zone: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill versus the dead zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico - which is worse? By By Nathaniel E. Ostrom, PRAIRIE FIRE NEWSSeptember 2010 A few weeks ago I received an e-mail message from Gabriella Belmarez, a high school student at Lamar Academy in McAllen, Texas, that inspired [...]

The Dead Zone: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill versus the dead zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico – which is worse?2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

Dead zones a coastal threat

Dead zones a coastal threat By BY MIKE LEE, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 Earnie Grafton A dead zone in San Diego Bay is part of a new national assessment of coastal waters suffering from low levels of oxygen. It shows areas of hypoxia have increased rapidly over that past 30 years. Dead [...]

Dead zones a coastal threat2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00

Farmer Changes Practices to Stop the Gulf Dead Zone

Farmer Changes Practices to Stop the Gulf Dead Zone By Gabi MooreSep 01, 2010 The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone has been declared one of the largest ever this year; void of oxygen due primarily to fertilizers that run off into the ocean from Midwestern farms. Thankfully, on the mainland,  farmers like Minnosota’s Tony Thompson [...]

Farmer Changes Practices to Stop the Gulf Dead Zone2010-09-07T10:06:00+00:00

Gulf’s ‘dead zone’ swelled this summer to one of largest areas on record

Gulf's 'dead zone' swelled this summer to one of largest areas on record By By Sharon Schmickle , Minn PostThu, Sep 2 2010  MinnPost photo by Sharon SchmickleMatt Rota: "We really aren’t going to know the full impact for years to come." The Gulf of Mexico’s so-called dead zone swelled this summer to afflict one [...]

Gulf’s ‘dead zone’ swelled this summer to one of largest areas on record2017-01-17T09:22:10+00:00
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