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The Gulf Is Dead! Long Live the Gulf!

July 30, 2008

Posted by Jon Devine

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dead, gulf, mexico, simplesteps, zone

This week brought news that the Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone,” an area of water with very low oxygen that forms each year, was the second biggest on record.  That’s not good news for the critters of the Gulf, which find...continued

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November 30, 2007

Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about "The Lorax," Dr. Seuss's brilliant and unbelievably forward-thinking book about ecology, pollution, greed, and (ultimately) redemption.  You see, my 8-year-old is in his school production of a musical based on the book and,...continued

Cha-cha-cha, kumbaya, hi-ya!

October 18, 2007

Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution

Today, the Clean Water Act turns 35 years old.  How 'bout a round of song?Happy Birthday to you/Happy Birthday to you/Happy Birthday Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972/Happy Birthday to you!  (For extra measure, my kids would chime in...continued

The Little River That Could

October 16, 2007

Posted by Jon Devine in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
cleanwateract, cleanwaterrestorationact, CWA, isolatedwaterbodies, non-navigablewaterbodies, rivers, supremecourt, waterpollution, wetlands

When I was a kid, even though I lived only a couple of miles from the ocean, the most important water body I could imagine was The River.  Hardly even a stream, The River was located beyond The Pit in...continued

Jon Devine
Jon Devine
Senior Attorney
Washington, D.C.
I'm a lawyer by training, but an ecologist at heart.  Though I have long been...
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