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"People along the Clark Fork River are still getting used to the removal of Milltown Dam. But as far as the fish are concerned, it's history.""Clark Fork River Begins To Settle After Milltown Dam Removal"
Missoulian, 03/11/2010
"San Joaquin Valley farmers hope for $3.3-billion dam and reservoir at Temperance Flat, but they need help paying for it."Calif. Debates $3.3-Billion Water Project
LA Times, 03/09/2010
"Scientists say global climate change may be contributing to the increased appearance of dead zones in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans where low oxygen levels are damaging the undersea ecosystem.""Growing Low-Oxygen Zones in Oceans Worry Scientists"
McClatchy, 03/08/2010
"A group of 19 House Democrats is asking the Minerals Management Service to investigate whether BP PLC has the required engineering documents to safely operate its Atlantis oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico.""House Democrats Seek Probe of BP Offshore Platform"
Greenwire, 03/03/2010
"More than a year after President George W. Bush created a vast marine national monument near the Northern Marianas Islands, the federal government has yet to make good on promised investments in the islands.""Marianas Says U.S. Has Failed to Fulfill Ocean Monument Promises"
Greenwire, 03/02/2010
"California water resources board plan, backed by environmentalists, would end practice of sucking in ocean water -- along with small animals, fish larvae and, occasionally, people -- to cool plants."Power Plants Hit Proposal to Block Use of Seawater for Cooling
LA Times, 03/01/2010
"Thousands of the nation's largest water polluters are outside the Clean Water Act's reach because the Supreme Court has left uncertain which waterways are protected by that law, according to interviews with regulators.""Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Foiling E.P.A."
NYTimes, 03/01/2010
"Scientists have discovered an area of the North Atlantic Ocean where plastic debris accumulates. The region is said to compare with the well-documented 'great Pacific garbage patch'.""Plastic Rubbish Blights Atlantic Ocean"
BBC News, 02/25/2010
"A working group of the International Whaling Commission today released a draft proposal that would allow the return of commercial whaling. An IWC moratorium on commercial whaling has been in place since 1986."Whaling Commission Panel Proposes Return to Commercial Whaling
ENS, 02/24/2010
"A plague of oxygen-deprived waters from the deep ocean is creeping up over the continental shelves off the Pacific Northwest and forcing marine species there to relocate or die.""Deep-Ocean Low-Oxygen Zones Spreading to Shallower Coastal Waters"
Scientific American, 02/24/2010
"The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.""Government Outlines Great Lakes Fixup Plan"
AP, 02/22/2010
"A century-old fight about water from Oregon's Klamath Basin ended Thursday with signed agreements that assure farmers water and power to keep their crops green, and lay out the removal of dams that have blocked salmon from hundreds of miles of spawning grounds.""Klamath Water Deal Ends Long Conflict"
AP, 02/19/2010
"Australia's prime minister on Friday set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling program that kills hundreds of whales a year in Antarctic waters, or else face legal action.""Australia Threatens Japan Over Whaling Program"
AP, 02/19/2010
"A new study says the seas are acidifying ten times faster today than 55 million years ago when a mass extinction of marine species occurred. And, the study concludes, current changes in ocean chemistry due to the burning of fossil fuels may portend a new wave of die-offs.""An Ominous Warning on the Effects of Ocean Acidification"
YaleE360, 02/16/2010
"A federal judge turned down California farmers' emergency request Wednesday to suspend water pumping restrictions in the state's delta in a ruling aimed at keeping a threatened fish species from being ground up in the pumps.""Judge: CA Pumping Limits Needed To Protect Smelt"
AP, 02/15/2010
