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Shock: World's Dirtiest Coastal Ecosystem Revealed- And it's in the USA
treehugger.com - 7/13/2009
Shock: World's Dirtiest Coastal Ecosystem Revealed- And it's in the USA
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Photo via Dragonfly 777 Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have just completed a rigorous study of the world's coastal ecosystems , and the results are shocking. The analysis uncovered the single dirtiest, most imperiled coastal ecosystem on earth--and it's right here in the USA. Beating out ...
Mississippi burning — and flooding: Haley Barbour to be remembered as man who gave his state 90°F temps 5 months a year plus countless Katrinas?
climateprogress.org - 7/7/2009
Mississippi burning — and flooding: Haley Barbour to be remembered as man who gave his state ...
— climateprogress.org — Over the next few months, senators and other major state political figures will be taking sides on... the climate and clean energy bill in front of Congress. Thanks to the new landmark 13-agency report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United ... (more) Mississippi burning — and flooding: Haley Barbour to be ...

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Mississippi burning — and flooding: Haley Barbour to be remembered as man who gave his state 90°F temps 5 months a year plus countless Katrinas?
theenergycollective.com - 7/7/2009
Mississippi burning — and flooding: Haley Barbour to be remembered as man who gave his state ...
— theenergycollective.com — Over the next few months, senators and other major state political figures will be taking sides on... the climate and clean energy bill in front of Congress.  Thanks to the new landmark 13-agency report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States , we now know how those state ... (more) Mississippi burning — and flooding: Haley Barbour to be ...

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Green Home Huddler:  US Home to Dirtiest Coastal Ecosystem in the World

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US Home to Dirtiest Coastal Ecosystem in the World
Green Home Huddler — This just in from TreeHugger : Quote: Beating out the sludge-filled Mekong and the polluted Ganges delta, the mouth of the Mississippi River has been anointed the most disgusting--and most endangered--coastal habitat in the world. Why is it so contaminated? The Environmental News Service says: Quote: the nutrient runoff from upstream farms that flows down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico is responsible for the most tainted coastal ecosystem in the world. These nutrients have led to a persistent dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico caused by an overgrowth of algae that ...

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