Gulf Dead Zone

Groups Sue EPA Over Giant Gulf 'Dead Zone'

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

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By David Bailey March 14 (Reuters) - Several environmental groups are suing the U.S. government to curb pollution of the Mississippi ...

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Gulf 'Dead Zone' This Year Predicted To Be Largest In History

AP | By CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 08.14.2011

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NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists predict this year's "dead zone" of low-oxygen water in the northern Gulf of Mexico will be the largest in history – ab...

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Female Fish Develop 'Testes' In Gulf Dead Zone

National Geographic | Posted 08.03.2011

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The Gulf dead zone occurs when agricultural and waste runoff from the Mississippi River spark blooms of algae and microbes. These organisms gobble up ...

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Untreated Sewage Dumped In City Waterways, Environmentalists Sue

Posted 07.04.2011

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by Andrew Stern CHICAGO (Reuters) - Environmental groups on Tuesday sued the city of Chicago's water treatment authority, charging its sewage p...

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Green News Report: August 3, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Thousands...

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Gulf Dead Zone Now The Size Of Massachusetts

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — Scientists say this year that the "dead zone" area that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest ever measur...

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Massive Gulf Dead Zone From Biofuel Production? May Be More Harmful Than Oil Spill

sfgate.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the BP oil spill has been labeled the worst environmental catastrophe in recent U.S. history, a biofuel is contributing to a Gulf of Mexico "dea...

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