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 [...]
Reaction swift and sour to EPA water rules By Michael Peltier, The News Service of Florida and Posted by Aaron DeslatteJanuary, 15 2010 3:47 PM , ORLANDO SENTINELOn Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a set of proposed numeric standards for phosphorus and nitrogen levels in Florida’s lakes, rivers, streams, springs and canals. The [...]
Nitrogen, the other greenhouse gas By Jessica A. KnoblauchThu, Jan 14 2010 at 5:22 PM ESTRead more: ENERGY, FARM EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES Photo: Associated Press Nitrogen has become a staple for farmers to grow bigger crops, but too much nitrogen is wreaking havoc on the environment, which researchers say is awash in manmade nitrogen, [...]
Earth's growing nitrogen threat, It helps feed a hungry world, but it's worse than CO2. By Mark Clayton Staff Writer of The Christian Science Monitor January 12, 2010 Dennis Lindsay still recalls the day four decades ago when his father, an Iowa farmer, began using nitrogen fertilizer on the family’s 160 acres. Nitrogen fertilizer at [...]
