Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 19:21:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone/ 32 32 114651131 Don’t Break Out the Champagne Just Yet https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2018/08/dont-break-out-the-champagne-just-yet/ Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:34:14 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=31430 August 17, 2018 | Blog Post
PRN's Catie Gregg takes us through the Gulf of Mexico's 4th smallest “Dead Zone” since 1985 and what it means for Illinois.

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]]> 31430 PRN CALLS ON ILLINOIS AG AND FOOD COMPANIES TO BE GOOD STEWARDS https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2017/08/prairie-rivers-network-calls-illinois-ag-food-companies-good-stewards-illinois-soil-water/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 21:50:07 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=29506 August 2, 2017 | Press Release
PRN calls on our Illinois-based food and agriculture companies to help the state reduce agricultural runoff and soil loss, which contribute to the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.

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]]> 29506 State Strategy Falls Flat as Overload of Nutrients Harms Illinois Waters https://prairierivers.org/articles/2014/11/state-strategy-falls-flat-as-overload-of-nutrients-harms-illinois-waters/ Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:24:27 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=17360 CHAMPAIGN, IL — Yesterday’s release of the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture importantly recognizes one of the state’s most serious water pollution problems: Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution from farms and sewage treatment plants harming Illinois waters and contributing to the dead zone in the Gulf of […]

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]]> 17360 From Toledo to the Gulf, Inaction Leaves Water Polluted https://prairierivers.org/articles/2014/08/from-toledo-to-the-gulf-inaction-leaves-water-polluted/ Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:00:14 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=16961 Just days after half a million Toledo residents were advised their water was too toxic to drink or bathe in (New York Times story), scientists released the annual measurement of the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone, and the findings are grim (CNN Dead Zone story). This year’s Dead Zone is estimated at 5,000 square miles—an area […]

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]]> 16961 Court Ruling Forces EPA Action on Mississippi River Pollution https://prairierivers.org/articles/2013/09/court-ruling-forces-epa-action-on-mississippi-river-pollution/ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:56:59 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=15280 Action would also fight harmful algae blooms in Illinois lakes and rivers The U.S. District Court in Eastern Louisiana ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to decide within 180 days whether it will require new limits on the nutrient pollution that is causing the growth of dangerous algae   in the waters of Illinois and the […]

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