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From the shores of Louisiana: The Louisiana Environmental Action Network
When Marylee Orr started what has become Louisiana's most effective environmental organization she thought it would be a six-month commitment....
Reach out to all communities in spill response, agencies urged
Council to ask EPA to use local...
Environmental justice concerns arising from Gulf of Mexico oil spill aired
Updated: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 6:43 PM Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune Follow Share this story Story tools Federal agencies...
Adventurers travel the Mississippi
When Mary Fredericksen learned of her nephew s plans to canoe from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico ...
Attorneys for Fishermen Secure BP Cooperation for Better Oil Claims Process, But Say Serious Problems Remain
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Ninth Ward Blasts Corps of Engineers
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Despite a federal judge's order that the Army Corps of Engineers cannot widen the Industrial Canal...
Attorneys for Fishermen Secure BP Cooperation for Better Oil Claims Process, But Say Serious Problem
Florida business owners, residents and those impacted by the Gulf oil catastrophe now have a more fair and secure process...

Dead Zone

Gulf Hypoxia, The DEAD ZONE

The Problem

Where It Comes From
Source: http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow/gulf_findings/

Louisiana Editorials

The Advocate, March 16, 2008

The Advertiser, June 13, 2008

National Acadamy of Sciences Report
Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
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