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  absolutely biased

  As we're a recipient of their 'earth month' donation program, but I'd put in a plug for Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of Aveda.On 15 Green Business Founders posted 2 years, 2 months ago 33 Responses

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  $30 billion or bust

  Re-plumbing the water and sediment of the Mississippi to replenish and sustain our coastal marshes won't be cheap.  We need the feds to pony up right now, and we should be looking for strategies to bring the big oil & gas companies to the table as well - or is the concept of polluter pays outdated after 7 years of Bushco?

  If you want to do more than read this story and say "tisk tisk" check out our site for an e-action to Flood Washington - not our coast and communities.On On moving to New Orleans, a city defined by water posted 2 years, 2 months ago 5 Responses

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  of course you could argue...

  That sitting on shelves has effectively sequestered the carbon - free from the nasty threat of forest fires even.

  Gulf Restoration Network United for a Healthy Gulf

  On Harry Potter is way greener than your average book posted 2 years, 4 months ago 5 Responses

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  gulf dead zone demands action

  Last month, my group and others attended a meeting of the Dead Zone Task Force (made up of state and federal agencies) and asked why more than six years after an action plan was released, little action has taken place to reduce the size of the dead zone.  

  We also sounded off about this issue, as it's clear that current policy driving the ethanol boom  represents yet another instance of Louisiana and the Gulf paying the price for the nation's energy economy (oil and gas drilling and our wetlands anyone?  Murphy refinery's massive oil spill in the wake of Katrina ring a bell?  As Tom eloquently points out, subsidized corn production in the Midwest will lead to increased Dead Zone-causing fertilizer pollution in the Mississippi River.  At the same time, there has been no significant federal funding or action to reduce the Dead Zone.

  There are solutions to this problem that we can begin to implement right away.  The first step is for the Environmental Protection Agency and states to set standards for how much nutrient pollution we allow in streams that eventually flow into the Gulf. We should also be installing technology on our sewage treatment plants to remove pollution and offering more incentives to farmers to reduce fertilizer runoff from fields.

  Gulf Restoration Network United for a Healthy Gulf

  On Thanks in part to that 'green' fuel, corn-based ethanol posted 2 years, 4 months ago 32 Responses

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  bio fuels and the dead zone

  Senator Kerry,

  If any measures move forward encouraging expanded ethanol production, they need to be linked to resources for nutrient runoff reduction.  The Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico is a huge threat to our marine life, our fishing, and our unique natural resource dependant culture down here.  

  6 years after a federal action plan to reduce the size of the Dead Zone was released, no action has truly been taken, and the Dead Zone continues to grow.

  Gulf Restoration Network United for a Healthy Gulf

  On More intransigence on climate change posted 2 years, 5 months ago 38 Responses