08.27.2009 4:38 pm

EPA shouldn’t rely on states to reduce nutrient pollution, new report states

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A new report from EPA’s Office of Inspector General says the federal agency needs to get serious about reducing nutrients that wash off farm fields and lawns.

For too long, the federal agency has been relying on the states to adopt…

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Tags: dead zone, EPA, Mississippi River, nitrogen, nutrients, Office of Inspector General, phosphorus

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07.27.2009 11:32 am

Gulf’s dead zone shrinks this year

By Kim McGuire

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico measures 3,000 square miles this year, far less than what scientists expected the oxygen-starved region to clock in at.

Scientists had projected the dead zone to measure almost 8,000 square miles, but a…

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Tags: dead zone, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Nancy Rabalais, NOAA

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EPA shouldn’t rely on states to reduce nutrient pollution, new report states

Gulf’s dead zone shrinks this year

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