Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I read a weird news item about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill today. Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is “considering partnering with the Department of Corrections to train prisoners to help clean birds that may be impacted by...
Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Reviving the World's Oceans , U.S. Law and Policy
I recently attended a conference about the health of the Mississippi River, and I was struck by a compelling analogy my colleague Matt Rota of the Gulf Restoration Network used to describe the giant Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The...
Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Reviving the World's Oceans , U.S. Law and Policy
A new report released today by NRDC brings together recent information about a widespread pollution problem in the Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of Mexico and calls attention to a legal controversy that has made it more difficult to protect resources...
