Mississippi diary: Dead zone

Mississippi diary: Dead zone By Nick ClarkNovember 2nd, 2009, AMERICAS BLOGPhoto by Getty Images Less than 70 km from the Gulf of Mexico, huge industrial plants flank the banks of the Mississippi, making use of its water. Combine this with the run-off from farmers’ fields and you get perilous cocktail. The Mississippi River helped build [...]

Mississippi diary: Dead zone2017-01-17T09:22:16+00:00

Mississippi diary: Operation Cajun

Mississippi diary: Operation Cajun By Nick Clark October 29th, 2009, Americas Share Photo by Marion Post Wolcott/Library Of Congress/Getty Images The lay of the land in Louisiana's south is very different these days. The French dialect once dominant here - less than a century ago - is almost gone. And its 7,000-year-old coastline is rapidly [...]

Mississippi diary: Operation Cajun2017-01-17T09:22:16+00:00

LUMCON gets million for dead-zone research

LUMCON gets $4 million for dead-zone research By Nikki Buskey , Staff WriterSaturday, October 31, 2009 at 6:01 a.m.The LUMCON marine-research center in Cocodrie has been awarded the money as part of a $12 million, five-year grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to better understand the dead zone, an area of low-to-no oxygen [...]

LUMCON gets million for dead-zone research2009-11-02T10:24:00+00:00

Ocean task force meeting in New Orleans Monday to discuss new policy

Ocean task force meeting in New Orleans Monday to discuss new policy By Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune October 16, 2009, 5:57PMSeveral senior environmental officials with the Obama administration will be in New Orleans Monday to discuss a wide-ranging new ocean policy that could eventually lead to new laws governing everything from pollution to sustainable fisheries [...]

Ocean task force meeting in New Orleans Monday to discuss new policy2009-10-23T08:41:00+00:00

U.N. Panel Finds Environmental Assessments of Biofuels Lacking

U.N. Panel Finds Environmental Assessments of Biofuels Lacking By BEN GEMAN of Green WireOctober 16, 2009 , New York Times The U.N. Environment Programme's report (pdf) concludes that so-called lifecycle assessments must go beyond calculating greenhouse gas emissions and consider how agricultural production of feedstocks affects the acidification and nutrient loading of waterways. "The available [...]

U.N. Panel Finds Environmental Assessments of Biofuels Lacking2017-01-17T09:22:17+00:00

Vilsack robs Peter to pay Paul to address the hypoxic zone

Vilsack robs Peter to pay Paul to address the hypoxic zone By Dennis KeeneySeptember 30, 2009According to the USDA news release, the initiative will be managed by the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) at USDA. Partner organizations will include state and local agencies and agricultural producers. Partners mentioned in an interview of NRCS chief David [...]

Vilsack robs Peter to pay Paul to address the hypoxic zone2017-01-17T09:22:17+00:00

Gulf of Mexico concerns aired as key federal officials visit New Orleans

Gulf of Mexico concerns aired as key federal officials visit New Orleans By Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune October 20, 2009, 4:55AM Jane Lubchenco is administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.     Comments for the national ocean policy task force reflected the wide-ranging pressures on the Gulf of Mexico's resources: oil and gas [...]

Gulf of Mexico concerns aired as key federal officials visit New Orleans2017-01-17T09:22:18+00:00

Orthodox patriarch pleads for environmental action

Orthodox patriarch pleads for environmental action By CAIN BURDEAU 2009-10-22 07:31 AM , Associated Press Standing beside the Mississippi River, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, made a plea Wednesday for more action to save the planet and stop destroying it "as if there is no tomorrow." "The dilemmas [...]

Orthodox patriarch pleads for environmental action2017-01-17T09:22:18+00:00

Media Teleconference and Webcast for Reporters: Latest Research on Oregon’s Oceanic “Dead Zones” and How Climate Change May Be Promoting Them

Media Teleconference and Webcast for Reporters: Latest Research on Oregon's Oceanic "Dead Zones" and How Climate Change May Be Promoting Them By National Science Foundation, NSFOctober 6, 2009NSF invites reporters to participate on Thursday, October 8, 1:30 pm ET Scientists are identifying the unusual processes that produce Oregon's large dead zones.  Credit and Larger Version [...]

Media Teleconference and Webcast for Reporters: Latest Research on Oregon’s Oceanic “Dead Zones” and How Climate Change May Be Promoting Them2017-01-17T09:22:18+00:00

Finally, targeted federal action on Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone

Finally, targeted federal action on Gulf of Mexico's dead zone By Editorial page staff, The Times-Picayune September 29, 2009, 1:12AMNutrients from Midwest farming help cause the annual dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.That focus, which had been lacking, is the point of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture program. The agency will spend $320 [...]

Finally, targeted federal action on Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone2009-10-12T09:19:00+00:00
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