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 Stories About: marine life AND Massachusetts AND pollution and waste AND Rhode Island
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Don't Lose Hope
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08 Mar 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Lose Hope For marine life, Mt. Hope Bay might be the most inappropriately named place on Earth. In the 13-square-mile stretch of water straddling Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 15 fish species have all but disappeared over the last decade, leading some fishers to describe the area as a dead zone. Some scientists blame the deaths on Brayton Point, New England's largest fossil fuel plant, ... |
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| Topics: marine life, Massachusetts, pollution and waste, Rhode Island (all these topics) |
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