In Louisiana, acres of mollusk beds are off-limits, setting off a chain of devastating events — starting with the oysterman. By P.J. Huffstutter, Nicole Santa Cruz and Ashley Powers for the Los Angeles Times Reporting from Los Angeles and the Gulf Coast — Laurentino Cardenas leaned over the edge of his narrow boat, his hands [...]
Group pushes water-conservation measures
by Jeff Alexander | The Muskegon Chronicle | Wednesday December 31, 2008. Investing $10 billion in water-efficiency programs could play an important role in America’s “green economy,” creating as many as 220,000 jobs while protecting a priceless natural resource. That was one of the conclusions in a new report produced by the Chicago-based Alliance for [...]
Sowing the seas
By Matthew Knight for CNN LONDON, England (CNN) — Atmospheric physicist Carl Hodges founded the Seawater Foundation in 1977 in an attempt to alleviate some of the world’s most complex ecological problems. Hodges’ unique approach draws seawater inland, irrigating otherwise barren coastal desert regions and turning them green. The results are spectacular, with seawater-tolerant plants [...]
