Our Voice: Stop studying Great Lakes woes and use grants to start addressing problems By Bay City Times staff February 07, 2010, 5:58AMThough the deadline for submissions has passed, we offer this idea: The EPA should require that money any group receives be spent directly on action. We’re not saying that environmental studies and data [...]
Fight seen over ban on winter spreading of manure By PERRY BEEMAN pbeeman@dmreg.com February 14, 2010 , DES MOINES REGISTER Another showdown looms over Iowa's regulations governing farmers' ability to spread manure on frozen or snow-covered fields. Livestock interests are pushing legislation that would effectively lift the winter ban on applying manure, said Wayne [...]
Environmental group pushes back against HGS By Walter Pierce Thursday, 11 February 2010, The Independent Weekly, http://www.theind.com The Louisiana Environmental Action Network has submitted a letter to the state Department of Environmental Quality opposing Henry Gas Storage’s proposal to discharge salt brine into Louisiana territorial waters off the coast of Marsh Island. Wilma Subra, technical [...]
Don't back down: Protect our water By THE REGISTER'S EDITORIAL , Des Moines Register FEBRUARY 11, 2010 This state long took it for granted that farm-field runoff would pollute our waterways. Then the 2009 Legislature passed a bill that prohibits spreading manure on snow-covered or frozen ground. It has flaws, but acknowledges the need for [...]
State ag chief holds Q&A By WHITNEY PANDIL-EATON Staff Writer wpandileaton@minotdailynews.com January 31, 2010 It was a Q&A of sorts at the North Dakota State Fair Center as Agricultural Commissioner Doug Goehring took questions from a small group on Friday, the final day of the ag expo. Topics ranged from the current habitat project of [...]
Meat eater's balancing act By Diane Toroian Keaggy01/20/2010, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH (Illustration by Dan Martin/P-D) I blame the bratwurst. For years, I ate no filet mignon, no rack of lamb, no osso buco. And honestly, I didn’t miss meat at all. Except pork. Not pork tenderloin or pork chops, but the really bad stuff like [...]
Major coastal restoration financing starts, slowly, in Barack Obama's 2011 budget plan By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune February 01, 2010, 7:24PMPresident Barack Obama's proposed fiscal year 2011 budget includes the first $35.6 million for the Army Corps of Engineers to construct larger coastal Louisiana restoration projects, but falls far short of the money allocated to [...]
Groups gauging Ohio River's pollution levels By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.26 January 2010 Jan. 25--Environmental groups in a number of states, including Kentucky, are engaged in a lengthy project to determine how runoff from farm operations is making its way to the Ohio River. The groups are testing for nitrogen and phosphorus in creeks [...]
Funding for Louisiana coastal restoration in Obama's budget is a milestone: An editorial By Editorial page staff, The Times-Picayune February 03, 2010, 6:29AM It's the first time that the Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration program has received federal construction funding, a significant milestone for the state. "The fact that coastal restoration in Louisiana is one [...]
Task Force Eyes New Measures Of Mississippi River Nutrient Reductions By John Heltman Jan 4, 2010 Darrell Brown, national program manager for EPA’s National Estuary Program and chair of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, told a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel Dec. 14 that the task force is focusing its [...]