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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Potomac Daddies Male bass in Potomac River laying eggs		15 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Potomac Daddies Male bass in Potomac River laying eggs Male bass in the South Branch of the Potomac River in West Virginia are laying eggs. This is not behavior that people in the know typically expect from male bass. While researchers assume that pollutants of some sort are responsible, this particular stretch of the Potomac does well on the usual water-quality tests. "It's counterintuitive to think we ...
Topics: marine life, water pollution, West Virginia (all these topics)

Oily Residue Judge Imposes $4.5 Billion in Damages in Exxon Valdez Case		29 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Oily Residue Judge Imposes $4.5 Billion in Damages in Exxon Valdez Case A federal judge in Alaska on Wednesday imposed $4.5 billion in punitive damages on ExxonMobil Corp. for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill in Prince William Sound. The judgment marks t ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, energy, environmental justice, marine life, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, water bodies and marine life, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Do Good Tell Bush and Co. to Keep Their Hands Off the Clean Water Act		25 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Do Good Tell Bush and Co. to Keep Their Hands Off the Clean Water Act If you appreciate clean waterways and coastlines, you have the Clean Water Act to thank -- and President Bush to fear. Earlier this year, the Bush administration unveiled a proposal that would make it easier for polluters and developers to contaminate or destroy non-navigable wetlands, streams, ...
Topics: lakes, marine life, politics, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

Turtle Goop Oil Spill off Pakistan's Coast Threatens Marine Life		13 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Turtle Goop Oil Spill off Pakistan's Coast Threatens Marine Life Hundreds of dead turtles and fish are washing ashore near Pakistan's port city of Karachi -- victims of an oil spill emanating from a Greek tanker that ran aground nearby late last month. A massive oil slick from the ship has hit the shore, despite workers' efforts to contain the spill. The tanker, which was carrying more than 67,000 tons of crude oil, ...
Topics: marine life, Pakistan, water pollution (all these topics)

A Fine Kettle of Fish		06 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
A Fine Kettle of Fish The federal Clean Water Act might be a great thing in theory, but how's it doing in practice? Not so well, it turns out, due to the failure of the U.S. EPA to adequately enforce it. At any given moment, roughly 25 percent of all large industrial plants and water-treatment facilities are in violation of federal pollution standards -- but the EPA generally fails to ...
Topics: health, marine life, toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Pigs' Stymie		28 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Pigs' Stymie The U.S., Saudi Arabia, and other rich nations are deliberately stymieing international efforts to encourage increased clean energy use, according to sources at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, being held this week and next in Johannesburg, South Africa. The WSSD action plan, which will be approved by heads of state at the end of the summit, currently includes a proposal that clean energy account for 15 ...
Topics: marine life, water pollution (all these topics)

Bay Watch		22 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Bay Watch If three environmental groups have their way, California's mammoth agriculture industry will be subject to state water-pollution laws for the first time in history. The three groups (San Francisco BayKeeper, DeltaKeeper, and the California Public Interest Research Group) filed suit yesterday against the Central Valley Regional Water Cont ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, marine life, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, water pollution (all these topics)

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