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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 01:08 AM Original message |
Despite promises to fix it, the Gulf dead zone is growing. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. important story . . . there are also dead zones in the Atlantic . . . |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. I certainly can empathize--one of the biggest problems |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Republicans are actually fiscal liberals, not conservatives. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. K & R especially for this post nt |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Well said Lasher. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. I recently saw an article about a plastic filled area |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I saw that too. It was horrifying. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Me too. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Kick n/t |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. More worthless talk....with NO ACTION.... |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. "same ol' worthless spew from politicians and gov't" |
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okoboji (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. Divers begin to clean tires from ocean floor |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. This was a gift to private landfill operators - untested as to feasability in ocean |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. They don't even give a hoot about the *people* who live there |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. follow the money |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It all goes back to ag subsidies, depressingly |
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be inspired (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yuck! |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. ARRRGGGGHHHH!!! Have those bastards funded ANYTHING besides their |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. The "dead zone" in the White House will have to be fixed first. |
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Lord Balto (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. We're talking about Bush's brain, right? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. They call this eutrophication, IIRC. We used to wring our hands |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. So how is your lawn? |
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okoboji (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I don't do jack to my lawn.... |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I am with you Okobohi -- my yard is a sanctuary for dandelions, clover, |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Now see what happens when the Ortho fertilizer interests feel threatened |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. what is a lawn? |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. ONe of the most "progressive" regions in the US |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. If they can't fix something as "simple" as hurricane damage there is no hope |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. This is not good at all. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Thanks for the thread Maddy McCall |
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19jet54 (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. Let's just pull a magic-wand out of our ass... |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. And the ethanol boom is only going to make this worse, for a couple of reasons |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Holy hell. Thanks hatrack. I was becoming disillusioned with biofuels - |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. Plastic-Ocean |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Okay. I'm stunned. Twice the size of Texas. Decreased fertility, cancer, |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yes it's a very sobering article |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. "I have 2 young children & I fear for their future..." |
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