Minnesota launches Mississippi River cleanup effort
17 January 2012
Project will offer farmers incentives to clean up runoff, but critics say voluntary efforts haven't worked.

Heinz Award bestowed on Dr. Nancy Rabalais
January 2, 2012

USDA program seeks to cut runoff, Gulf dead zone
8 November 2011

Chesapeake Bay: Hope and hurdles
7 November 2011
Our view: A new study shows pollution-fighting programs are having a beneficial effect even as federal Chesapeake Bay program is under attack

Chesapeake Bay study finds progress against dead zones
4 November 2011

Chesapeake Bay Healing, Dead Zone Shrinking
3 November 2011