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  • Your Outdoors: The state of 'America's Sea' Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:12PMThe Gulf of Mexico is known by many names, and "America's Sea" is one of them. A documentary dives right in to explore this vast body of water and the problems that sometimes develop in it.
  • Report from the Gulf of Mexico: Year 2, Day 35 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:58PMOcean Alliance research vessel Odyssey - offshore in the Gulf of Mexico in summer 2011 - reports on its work studying effects of the Gulf oil spill.
  • TRAIN RIDE TO NOWHERE: Travelers easy victims in drug war Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:14PMEDITOR’S NOTE: The following story contains graphic, disturbing content and language that may not be suitable for some readers.
  • Survivor shares memories of first San Fernando massacre Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:14PMEDITOR’S NOTE: The following story contains graphic, disturbing content and language that may not be suitable for some readers. BROWNSVILLE -- For some victims of the drug war in Mexico, the road to hell starts with a train ride. First, coyotes...
  • Mayhem rivals border in Mexico 's 3rd-largest city Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:01PMMayhem rivals border in Mexico 's 3rd-largest city
  • Count fireflies for science Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:42PMBoston Museum of Science's Firefly Watch program recruits citizen scientists to help collect and analyze data around the country.
  • Mayhem rivals border in Mexico's 3rd-largest city Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:57PMThe northern city of Monterrey, once Mexico's symbol of development and prosperity, is fast becoming a new Ciudad Juarez. Drug-related murders this year are on pace to double last year's and triple those of the year before in the once-tranquil industrial hub.
  • Violence in Mexico's key industrial hub continues to spike, rival border cities Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:17PMMONTERREY, Mexico - The northern city of Monterrey, once Mexico's symbol of development and prosperity, is fast becoming a new Ciudad Juarez.
  • House votes to take EPA off clean water beat Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:49AMWASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Wednesday that would sharply curtail the federal government's role in protecting waters from pollution by barring the Environmental Protection Agency from overruling state...
  • Letter Box Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:23AMLet me get this straight: Under the guise of saving energy and the environment, the government environmental crusaders raised energy standards to force manufacturers to make only CFL bulbs.
  • House votes to rein in EPA water rules Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:33AMWASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Wednesday that would sharply curtail the federal government's role in protecting waters from pollution by barring the Environmental Protection Agency from overruling state decisions on water quality.
  • Clean Water: House Bars EPA From Overruling States On Pollution Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:57PMWASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Wednesday that would sharply curtail the federal government's role in protecting waters from pollution by barring the Environmental Protection Agency from overruling state decisions on water quality.
  • Using Open Innovation To Bring The Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zone Back To Life Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:36AMI don't live on a farm, or anywhere near one. So I know that my mental picture of a farmer--a guy wearing overalls, driving a tractor and consulting the Farmer's Almanac for advice--is right out of the 1950s. Today's farmers are plugged in, tech-savvy, and globally connected. The Iowa Soybean Association has teamed up with Environmental Defense Fund to develop the next new thing in farming ...
  • The Silver Platter Opportunity Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:46PMUse the above link to subscribe to the paid research reports, which include coverage of critically important factors at work during the ongoing panicky attempt to sustain an unsustainable system burdened by numerous imbalances aggravated by global village forces.
  • Fieldwork cultivates corn and cleaner water Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:50AMAs a project for her Field Ecology class, Rebecca Spurr '11 is working with local farmer Dave Legvold to find ways to minimize the impact of nitrogen fertilizer on water quality.
  • The Buzz on Beer and Soda Fizz Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:38PMSoda and beer. Other than exhaling, bubbly drinks are our closest experience with releasing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide . So as you confront steamy summer, which cold beverage is best--from an environmental perspective? [More]
  • Bombings in Iraq Kill 35, Lagarde Takes Over at IMF Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 8:59AMTwo bombs in the town of Taji killed at least 35 people on Tuesday, according to Iraqi officials, with dozens more wounded in the latest in a string of attacks coinciding with the debate over whether to ask U.S. troops to remain in the country. The roughly 47,000 U.S. troops remaining in Iraq are scheduled to leave at the end of the year. According to witnesses, the car bomb near the local ...
  • The decline of agriculture? Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 10:42AMClimate change induced extreme weather events and shifting weather patterns are challenging farmer's ability to feed us.
  • Rodeo's leaderboard starting to fill up Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 6:10AMPORT FOURCHON — Seth Borne knew he had something big at the end of his fishing line, but he wasn't sure what it was.
  • New “Super Sand” Makes for a Better Water Filter Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 2:56PMAs a filtration device, plain old sand can be magical. Thousands of years back, people realized that running water through filters of tightly packed sand and gravel could rid it of filth and bacteria and make it safer to drink. Across the world, large-scale municipal water filtration systems depend on sand filters; anyone who’s ever been curious enough about the inner workings of a Brita filter ...
  • Austin's source for local news Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:52AMCome out to the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center to see the documentary “Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story” at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30.
  • Why Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Cleaner Alternatives Will Require Fossil Fuels Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:02AMThe world is waiting for a clean revolution , a shift away from the greenhouse gas-emitting, mountain-leveling, air-polluting, fossil-fuel burning way of life. The world may have to wait a long time if past energy transitions are anything to go by, according to environmental scientist Vaclav Smil of the University of Manitoba--especially since fossil fuel energy is so cheap. [More]
  • Corps says Mississippi River flood damaged levees Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 4:54PMMEMPHIS (AP) — The head of the group overseeing work by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says another floodway could be needed to relieve pressure on levees along the Mississippi River.
  • Flood gates close, but levee debate heats up Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 8:22AMMISSISSIPPI DELTA — The Steele Bayou Flood Control Structure has been re-opened. The Steele Bayou structure is located north of Vicksburg and was built in 1969 to provide backwater protection from the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers.
  • Corps: Mississippi River flood damaged levees Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 4:08PMThe head of the group overseeing work by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says another floodway could be needed to relieve pressure on levees along the Mississippi River.
  • Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico getting bigger Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 3:03PMThere was a story reported this week that should be alarming to all of us here along the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say the dead zone in the Northern Gulf this year will be the largest ever.
  • Oyster harvesters remain wary after Mississippi River flooding Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 7:44AMWorst-case scenario did not pan out, but 'the worry lines on foreheads are just a little deeper'
  • River flow effect uncertain Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 12:14AMChris Moran, in foreground, gets a line ready to tie on a lure during an early June fishing trip from his marina at Fourchon.
  • Mississippi River levees took quite a hit from floods Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 12:00AMThe federal levee system that prevented an estimated $62 billion in losses during Mississippi River flooding last month sustained a good bit of damage itself, Corps of Engineers officials say.
  • Forecasting 'Dead Zone' Conditions in the Gulf Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 12:37PMFlooding and runoff along the Mississippi may be combining to produce a bad year for the water in the Gulf of Mexico, enlarging a patch of oxygen-starved water. Nancy Rabelais, executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, describes the summer forecast for the Gulf's 'Dead Zone.'
  • A sampling of editorials from Texas newspapers Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 4:55PMThe Associated Press Austin American-Statesman, June 21 Latest session add-ons don't deserve 2nd chance Perhaps you've noticed that the first (and we hope only) special session of the 82nd Texas Legislature is dragging on. The session has not been a high point in American democracy. It hit a particularly low point Monday when too few House members showed up to conduct business. We know the pay ...
  • Researcher: Test linkage of farm drainage tile and nutrient-filtering wetlands Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 6:18PMA promising linkage of farm drainage tile and nutrient-filtering wetlands needs to be tested before it is expanded, an Iowa Policy Project researcher said today.
  • Water dance marks solstice Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 3:22PMDancers will line the Mississippi River in the 15th annual performance, welcoming 60 other event sites worldwide to call attention to the need for clean water.
  • Scientists: Gulf health improving Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 8:23PMBAY JIMMY, La. – After a year of headaches, heartaches and hard work for the 2010 BP Oil Spill, scientists now say things are looking up for the Gulf. Scientists say that the Gulf of Mexico’s over...
  • Experts: Seas heading for mass extinctions Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 11:25AMMass extinctions of species in the world's oceans is inevitable if current trends continue, a panel of renowned marine scientists warned Tuesday.
  • Flooding creates largest Gulf dead zone ever Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 12:29AMThe Gulf of Mexico’s hypoxic zone is predicted to be the largest ever recorded because of extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring, according to an annual forecast by a team of NOAA-supported scientists.
  • The Mississippi, No Longer Muddy, Still a Threat: Steven Solomon Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:28PMAs the floodwaters slowly recede along the lower Mississippi River, we can begin to take stock of the flood of 2011, the most devastating since the epic deluge of 1927.
  • What you don't know about summer solstice Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 4:13PMThe summer solstice shouldn't come as a surprise. It arrives at pretty much the same time every year. But some of the little-known facts behind and surrounding the solstice are fascinating. First, the basics:
  • Gulf's "dead zone" could be largest ever Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 10:44AMScientists predict this year's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will be the largest in history.
  • Environment: Gulf dead zone could be the largest ever Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 6:46AM2011 hypoxic zone to be affected by extreme Mississippi River flooding By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — The 2011 hypoxic dead zone zone in the Gulf of Mexico is predicted to be the largest ever recorded due to extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring, according to an annual forecast by a team of [...]
  • Are jellyfish a harbinger of dying seas? Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 10:47PMA study indicates a population explosion of the aquatic blobs could set the oceans back to a more primitive state
  • Monster dead zone ahead in the Gulf of Mexico: An editorial Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 6:53AMFlooding in the Mississippi River valley has brought widespread misery this spring, but more damage is still ahead as forecasters expect the largest dead zone ever to form in the Gulf of Mexico this summer.
  • Retired archbishop, 98, moves to nursing home Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 8:30AMThe Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans says retired Archbishop Philip Hannan has moved from his home on the northshore of Lake Pontchartrain to a nursing home in New Orleans. A Wednesday news release said Hannan’s family and Archbishop Gregory Aymond feel the move is in the best interest of the 98-year-old Hannan as his health declines.
  • Stomachs too big to fail? | Lewis Lapham Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 1:56AMThe capitalist preoccupation with displaying wealth though ostentatious dining habits is akin to eating money In both the periodical and tabloid press these days, the discussion tends to dwell on the bread alone – its scarcity or abundance, its price, provenance, authenticity, presentation, calorie count, social status, political agenda and carbon footprint. The celebrity guest on camera with ...
  • Mississippi floods could mean huge Gulf 'dead zone' Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 6:18PMWASHINGTON - This year’s record Mississippi River floods are forecast to create the biggest Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” since systematic mapping began in 1985, U.S. scientists reported Tuesday.
  • Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Mississippi River Floodwaters Lingering Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 2:10PMIn this Landsat 5 satellite image captured June 11 , flooding is still evident both east and west of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Standing water is most apparent, however, in the floodplain between the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers north and northwest of Vicksburg. According to the National Weather Service, the Mississippi River reached a historic crest (57.10 feet) at ...
  • Challenges of keeping Mississippi River in check discussed at meeting of Louisiana coastal authority Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 8:38AMFloods of 1927 and 2011 contrasted
  • Midwest floods foretell record gulf dead zone Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 6:19AMScientists predict this year’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone will grow larger than any they have ever measured.
  • Links 6/16/11 Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 3:41AMCommentary on current economic and financial news.
  • Forecast predicts biggest Gulf dead zone ever Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 12:27AMNEW ORLEANS (AP) – Scientists predict this year's "dead zone" of low-oxygen water in the northern Gulf of Mexico will be the largest in history — about the size of Lake Erie — because of more runoff from the flooded Mississippi River valley. Each year when the nutrient-rich freshwater from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers pours into the Gulf, it spawns massive algae blooms. In turn, the ...