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Internal Watchdog Says EPA Must Get Busy Protecting Waterways from Nutrient Pollution

September 1, 2009

Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Reviving the World's Oceans , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
cleanwateract, deadzone, gulf, mississippiriver, nutrientpollution, water, waterpollution, waterprogram

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...continued→

Beating A Dead Zone

October 22, 2008

Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Reviving the World's Oceans , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
cleanwateract, cleanwaterrestorationact, deadzone, nutrientpollution, wetlands

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...continued→