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  • Energy, Agriculture, and the Environment: Dead Zones and the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

    Energy, Agriculture, and the Environment: Dead Zones and the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

    Catastrophic, tragic, disastrous: these are all words that have been used to describe the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  It is impossible to deny that these words apply – thick, goopy crude has already coated the beaches and estuaries of the Gulf, contaminating more than 120 miles of coastline.  The spill is…

  • New NOAA Administrator

    As of last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a new leader. The U.S. Senate named Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. Administrator of NOAA on March 19, 2009. As the first woman and the first marine ecologist to fulfill this position, Dr. Lubchenco is committed to using science to create sound policy. Her specific…

  • Energy, Agriculture, and the Environment: Dead Zones and the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

    Energy, Agriculture, and the Environment: Dead Zones and the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

    Catastrophic, tragic, disastrous: these are all words that have been used to describe the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  It is impossible to deny that these words apply – thick, goopy crude has already coated the beaches and estuaries of the Gulf, contaminating more than 120 miles of coastline.  The spill is…

  • New NOAA Administrator

    As of last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a new leader. The U.S. Senate named Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. Administrator of NOAA on March 19, 2009. As the first woman and the first marine ecologist to fulfill this position, Dr. Lubchenco is committed to using science to create sound policy. Her specific…