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ewg.org - 5/27/2009
Seizing a Watershed Moment
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May 27th, 2009 Executive Summary The Mississippi River flows more than 2,000 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and is the world’s third-largest river basin. Millions of residents get their drinking water from the Mississippi. The River supports a vast array of ...
Why future Katrinas and Gustavs will be MUCH worse at landfall, Part 2
climateprogress.org - 5/27/2009
Why future Katrinas and Gustavs will be MUCH worse at landfall, Part 2
— climateprogress.org — Part 1 discussed why global warming means killer storms worse than Katrina and Gustav. This post looks... in more detail at Katrina and Gustav, and why they weren’t as strong and hence as devastating at landfall as they could have been. My key point ... (more) Why future Katrinas and Gustavs will be MUCH worse at ...

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Fixing farm pollution - if not now, when?
Mulch Blog — ... However, in our new report on EQIP in the 10 states that border the Mississippi River, EWG found that EQIP funds are not being channeled to projects that hold the most promise for alleviating local water pollution and shrinking the Gulf's so-called "Dead Zone." ...

State by State Conservation Cuts, Part Deux
Mulch Blog — ... In addition, last week EWG released Seizing a Watershed Moment, which looked at the targeting of EQIP funds in the Mississippi River Basin. ...

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