Gulf of Mexico

Louisiana, Sinking Fast, Prepares to Empty Its Coastal Plain

State weighs buyouts, prohibiting new development, tax hikes Policy could become template for climate adaptation nationwide Louisiana is finalizing a…

7 years ago

Simple River-Cleaning Tactics That Big Farms Ignore

Iowa is the largest corn producer in the U.S.—and the second largest producer of nitrate pollution in the Mississippi River…

7 years ago

Lawsuit Launched Against Trump EPA for Approving Fracking Waste Dumping Into Gulf of Mexico

The Center for Biological Diversity filed on Thursday a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for allowing…

7 years ago

Water quality deal lacks allure in swath of Iowa

Photo: Jack Boyer of Reinbeck refills his air seeder Nov. 10 before spreading for cover crops on his farm in…

7 years ago

Gulf Coast Oil Spill May Be Largest Since 2010 BP Disaster

LLOG reports as much as 9,350* barrels spilled last week Release dwarfed by multimillion-barrel Deepwater Horizon spill *Updated figures given…

7 years ago