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Chicken feces enters a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay from an illegal run-off
It’s from the land of pleasant living we bring you a tale of government sponsored pollution and political corruption that might; if you live near our beautiful bay or have any love for natural wonders; make you sick and disillusioned. Near the banks of the Pokemoke River; on the Eastern Shore of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay there is a chicken farm. This chicken farm is operated by the Hudson Family and has been the subject of much controversy because a local environmental watchdog group has found reason to file a suit that alleges that run-off from the huge piles of uncovered Chicken feces is entering the Chesapeake via the Pokemoke River and the drainage ditch that receives this run-off as it is designed to do.Chicken feces enters a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay from an illegal run-off... more
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Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Sweden, Millions Of Dead Fish Found In Maryland, Brazil, New Zealand
The Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan First Posted: 01- 5-11 09:11 AM | Updated: 01- 5-11 06:16 PM
UPDATE: Wildlife officials say that even more previously unreported dead birds were found in Kentucky last week.
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Millions of dead fish surfaced in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay in the U.S., Tuesday, while similar unexplained mass fish deaths occurred across the world in Brazil and New Zealand. On Wednesday, 50 birds were found dead on a street in Sweden. The news come after recents reports of mysterious massive bird and fish deaths days prior in Arkansas and Louisiana.
The Baltimore Sun reports that an estimated 2 million fish were found dead in the Chesapeake Bay, mostly adult spot with some juvenile croakers in the mix, as well. Maryland Department of the Environment spokesperson Dawn Stoltzfus says "cold-water stress" is believed to be the culprit. She told The Sun that similar large winter fish deaths were documented in 1976 and 1980.
ParanaOnline reports that 100 tons of sardines, croaker and catfish have washed up in Brazilian fishing towns since last Thursday. The cause of the deaths is unknown, with an imbalance in the environment, chemical pollution, or accidental release from a fishing boat all suggested by local officials.
In New Zealand, hundreds of dead snapper fish washed up on Coromandel Peninsula beaches, many found with their eyes missing, The New Zealand Herald reports. A Department of Conservation official allegedly claims the fish were starving due to weather conditions.
While all three events are likely unrelated, they come after recent reports of mysterious dead birds falling from the sky in both Arkansas and Louisiana. Thousands of dead birds were found in Beebe, Arkansas on New Year's Eve, and a few days later, around 500 of the same species were found 300 miles south in Louisiana. A Kentucky woman also reported finding dozens of dead birds scattered around her home. In the days prior to New Year's, nearly 100,000 fish surfaced in an Arkansas river 100 miles west of Beebe. Officials are now saying that fireworks likely caused the Arkansas bird deaths, and power lines may be to blame for the death of the birds in Louisiana.
Some remain skeptical of the explanations. Dan Cristol, a biology professor and co-founder of the Institute for Integrative Bird Behavior Studies at the College of William & Mary, told the AP that he was hesitant to believe fireworks were to blame unless "somebody blew something into the roost, literally blowing the birds into the sky."
Wednesday, officials in Sweden reported the finding of 50 dead birds on a street, suggesting that cold weather or fireworks were the likely culprit.
Bird deaths and fish kills at smaller numbers aren't all that uncommon, though the size and proximity of some of the recent events have led people to allege their relation, though officials deny the frequency of these wildlife deaths as being anything other than coincidence.
In August of 2010, tens of thousands of dead fish were reported washing ashore in two separate occasions, 200 miles apart on the East Coast.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------... more
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By Frontline, Courtesy of PBS.org
"In Poisoned Waters, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith examines the growing hazards to human health and the ecosystem.
'The '70s were a lot about, "We're the good guys; we're the environmentalists; we're going to go after the polluters," and it's not really about that anymore,' Jay Manning, director of ecology for Washington state, tells FRONTLINE. 'It's about the way we all live. And unfortunately, we are all polluters. I am; you are; all of us are.'
Through interviews with scientists, environmental activists, corporate executives and average citizens impacted by the burgeoning pollution problem, Smith reveals startling new evidence that today's growing environmental threat comes not from the giant industrial polluters of old, but from chemicals in consumers' face creams, deodorants, prescription medicines and household cleaners that find their way into sewers, storm drains, and eventually into America's waterways and drinking water.
'The environment has slipped off our radar screen because it's not a hot crisis like the financial meltdown, war or terrorism,' Smith says.
'But pollution is a ticking time bomb. It's a chronic cancer that is slowly eating away the natural resources that are vital to our very lives.' "
For more info see: So what's safe to eat&drink? at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/view/?utm_campaign=searchpage&utm_medium=videosearch&utm_source=videosearch
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/v/?id=frol02s24daq8ac&w=514&h=366
The sentence that strikes me most about this video is:
"We know, today, precisely what is necessary to save the Chesapeake and now it's very clear, it comes down to the question of political will."
I might add, this is valid for all of the pollution and destruction we bring to ourselves and our planet.
Join the Organic Movement:
http://current.com/groups/organicgreen/By Frontline, Courtesy of PBS.org
"In Poisoned Waters, Pulitzer Prize-winning... more
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With simplicity as their credo, Amish farmers consume so little that some might consider them model environmental citizens
We are supposed to be stewards of the land,” said Matthew Stoltzfus, a 34-year-old dairy farmer and father of seven whose family, like many other Amish, shuns cars in favor of horse and buggy and lives without electricity. “It is our Christian duty.”
But farmers like Mr. Stoltzfus are facing growing scrutiny for agricultural practices that the federal government sees as environmentally destructive. Their cows generate heaps of manure that easily washes into streams and flows onward into the Chesapeake Bay.
And the Environmental Protection Agency, charged by President Obama with restoring the bay to health, is determined to crack down. The farmers have a choice: change the way they farm or face stiff penalties.
“There’s much, much work that needs to be done, and I don’t think the full community understands,” said David McGuigan, the E.P.A. official leading an effort by the agency to change farming practices here in Lancaster County.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/science/earth/09amish.htmlWith simplicity as their credo, Amish farmers consume so little that some might... more
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(Virginia)-A coalition of environmentalists, watermen and former government leaders said Tuesday it intends to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and force a speedier cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay.
Led by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the coalition that includes a former Maryland governor and Washington, D.C., mayor said it will ask a federal judge to declare the EPA in violation of the Clean Water Act for not restoring the Bay yet - 25 years after the agency was tasked to lead a mid-Atlantic effort to revive North America's largest estuary.(Virginia)-A coalition of environmentalists, watermen and former government leaders... more
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Discovery-News.com: Oyster fishermen in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay struggle despite a 14-year/$58 million program to save the oyster population.Discovery-News.com: Oyster fishermen in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay struggle... more
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"Over the next six months, the Chesapeake Cellulosic Biofuels Panel will explore the production and use of next generation cellulosic feedstocks for biofuels development in the Chesapeake Bay region.
"Interested people are invited to share their vision for biofuel development in the watershed, along with any issues or recommendations they want the panel to consider."
(Full story at link)
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Huzzah! The (East coast) Bay region is moving ahead with sustainable solutions! Corn ethanol has long been proven unsustainable. It's good to see state and regional planners running with the ball, since the federal government dropped it in order to pursue the remaining oil reserves.
"Over the next six months, the Chesapeake Cellulosic Biofuels Panel will explore... more
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After Hurricane Isabel in 2003 and before Katrina in 2005, Annapolis made state-of-the-art plans to rebuild its city dock, raising it 10 feet higher, adding in rubber retaining walls to protect the city against flooding putting this small, historic, seaside town on the cutting edge of climate change and hurricane preparedness.After Hurricane Isabel in 2003 and before Katrina in 2005, Annapolis made... more
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After Hurricane Isabel in 2003 and before Katrina in 2005, Annapolis made state-of-the-art plans to rebuild its city dock, raising it 10 feet higher, adding in rubber retaining walls to protect the city against flooding putting this small, historic, seaside town on the cutting edge of climate change and global warming preparedness.After Hurricane Isabel in 2003 and before Katrina in 2005, Annapolis made... more
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