The Dead Zone – How Farming is Killing the Fishing Industry

The Dead Zone - How Farming is Killing the Fishing Industry By Adam ShakeMay 2009 Twilight Earth http://www.twilightearth.com/2009/05/the-dead-zone-how-farming-is-killing-the-fishing-industry/   Videos at http://www.alexandracousteau.org/videos-usa Twilight Earth is dedicated to saving the Environment through shared News, Discussion, Advocacy and Activism The Dead Zone - How Farming is Killing the Fishing Industry by Adam Shake · 2 comments Alexandra [...]

The Dead Zone – How Farming is Killing the Fishing Industry2017-01-17T09:22:20+00:00

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone By Greenmuze StaffMay 28, 2009 http://www.greenmuze.com/nature/water/1160-gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone.html The Dead Zone at the mouth of the Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico is directly attributed to agriculture. In fact, agriculture is a leading source of water pollution in the 10 states that border the Mississippi River. A new report - Making EQIP [...]

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone2017-01-17T09:22:20+00:00

Seizing a Watershed Moment

Seizing a Watershed Moment By Michelle Perez, Senior Analyst and Craig Cox, Vice President, May 2009May 27, 2009; Environmental Working GroupSource URL:http://www.ewg.org/conservation/report/EQIP-Water-Quality-Mississippi-River-States Executive Summary The Mississippi River flows more than 2,000 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and is the world’s third-largest river basin. Millions of residents get their drinking water from the [...]

Seizing a Watershed Moment2017-01-17T09:22:20+00:00

Louisiana Students Successful at National Science and Humanities Symposium

Louisiana Students Successful at National Science and Humanities Symposium By Billy Gomila5/18/2099; LSU News http://appl003.lsu.edu/unv002.nsf/9faf000d8eb58d4986256abe00720a51/4bfa1d10e666e5dd862575ba00644b10?OpenDocument BATON ROUGE – Two students represented Louisiana at the 47th annual National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, or JSHS, held from April 29-May 3 at the U.S. Air Force Adacemy in Colorado Springs, Colo.Bonnie J. McLindon and Cooper D. Cain, [...]

Louisiana Students Successful at National Science and Humanities Symposium2017-01-17T09:22:20+00:00

Students cruise for credit onboard Pelican

Students cruise for credit onboard Pelican By Elizabeth MillerMay 20, 2009; 2theadvocate.com http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/45455902.html ABOARD THE PELICAN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO — While some university lab work entails hours of scooping rat droppings or entering statistics into databases, other research assignments have students taking a cruise. Aboard The Pelican, a 116-foot research vessel, LSU graduate students [...]

Students cruise for credit onboard Pelican2017-01-17T09:22:20+00:00

Explorer Alexandra Cousteau’s around-the-world tour stops in South Louisiana to promote water conservation

Explorer Alexandra Cousteau's around-the-world tour stops in South Louisiana to promote water conservation By Molly ReidMay 5, 2009; The Times-Picayunehttp://blog.nola.com/mollyreid/2009/05/explorer_alexandra_cousteaus_a_1.html  Her grandfather, sea explorer and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau, gave the world an unprecedented look at the wonders of the oceans. Now, Alexandra Cousteau is on an expedition of her own to spread awareness of water [...]

Explorer Alexandra Cousteau’s around-the-world tour stops in South Louisiana to promote water conservation2017-01-17T09:22:20+00:00

AEC Leaders Call on Obama Administration & Congress to Take Action Against the Gulf Dead Zone

AEC Leaders Call on Obama Administration & Congress to Take Action Against the Gulf Dead ZoneApril 23, 2009; AEC, Houma Daily Courier Leaders from across America’s Energy Coast are calling upon President Barack Obama and members of Congress to take immediate steps to reduce the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico by fully funding [...]

AEC Leaders Call on Obama Administration & Congress to Take Action Against the Gulf Dead Zone2009-04-27T11:38:00+00:00

Cousteau’s granddaughter talks world water woes

Cousteau's granddaughter talks world water woes By The Daily AdvertiserApril 24, 2009http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009904240338 MARRERO - Like Jacques Cousteau, her famous grandfather, Alexandra Cousteau tells stories about the world of water, but her film crew has worked mostly from above the waves on a 100-day journey to document the world's water woes and their interconnections. That isn't [...]

Cousteau’s granddaughter talks world water woes2017-01-17T09:22:20+00:00

Missouri a Culprit Behind Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone”

Missouri a Culprit Behind Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" By Heather ClaybrookApril 23, 2009; Public News Service, MO http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/8692-1 St. Louis, MO - Missouri ranks third among the nine states that are contributing more than 75 percent of the nutrients to the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recent report by [...]

Missouri a Culprit Behind Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone”2009-04-27T11:27:00+00:00

LSU students plunge into studies

LSU students plunge into studies By Elizabeth MillerApril 18, 2009; thenewsstar.com, Monroe, LA http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090418/NEWS01/904180311   View the Photo Gallery at /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/StudentsonPelicanPhotoGallery.pptx ABOARD THE PELICAN IN THE GULF — While some university student lab jobs entail hours of scooping rat droppings or entering statistics into databases, other research assignments have students jumping off the deep end.   Graduate [...]

LSU students plunge into studies2017-01-17T09:22:20+00:00
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