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Wonderful 15 part series.
Deep Trouble
in the Naples (FL) Daily News
http://www.marcoeagle.com/deeptrouble/deeptrouble.html
Sunday,
Sept. 28, 2003
DAY ONE:
THE OVERVIEW
The Gulf of Mexico is a polluted body of water that's in deep trouble. A big threat is runoff from land developed to house the nearly 5 million people who settled along the Gulf the past 20 years. Agriculture sends polluted waters down several major rivers to the Gulf.
n A Gulf under siege: Fish are dying. The coast is
n shrinking. Pollution is rising. People keep coming.
n Crowding the coast: Communities grapple
n with growing pains, millions of newcomers
n Soiling the Gulf: From Iowa to the Everglades,
n farm fertilizer and waste pollutes waterways
n Profiles on the Gulf
DAY TWO:
THE COAST AT RISK
Monday,
Sept. 29, 2003
Beaches are the Gulf's cash cow, but poor water quality puts the coast's $20-billion-a-year lifeline — tourism — at risk. Beach water tests now warn visitors when it's not safe to go in the water. Oldtimers, scientists and fishermen recall days of abundant fish and crystal waters.
n Pollution and excessive development
n could bury Florida Gulf Coast's economy
n Beach blues: Water quality tests alert
n beachgoers to public health risks
n Time travelers: Old-timers recall Gulf's golden years
n Profiles on the Gulf
Tuesday,
Sept. 30, 2003
DAY THREE:
THE FIGHT OVER FISH
There was a day when fishing was a thriving commercial industry in the Gulf. Today, fish are caught up in a bureaucratic tangle of sport anglers vs. commercial fishermen. Fish populations face an uphill swim because of polluted runoff, a loss of coastal habitat and overfishing.
n A sea of red tape: Federal fisheries laws fall
n short of goals to stop overfishing, protect habitat
n An industry, sport on the hook: Recreational,
n commercial fishermen spar as catches dwindle
n Net ban or net loss? Ban on gill nets
n means loss of livelihood, way of life
n Men and the sea: Making a living from
n the Gulf of Mexico isn't what it used to be
DAY FOUR:
THE REVOLUTION'S POLLUTION
Wednesday,
Oct. 1, 2003
Industry brought vital jobs to the Gulf-rim states decades ago and today the coastal region is paying the ecological price. Carcinogens such as dioxin are in the water. Mercury has been found in fish bound for dinner tables. Even so, the oil industry covets new areas of the Gulf.
n Industrial devolution: Heavy industry,
n lax regulation combine for a toxic mix
n Oil's Louisiana legacy: State suffers from
n disappearing coast and a cultural clash
n Profiles on the Gulf
Thursday,
Oct. 2, 2003
DAY FIVE:
THE ILL EFFECTS
They call it Cancer Alley, a coastal stretch of Louisiana where petrochemical plants cast shadows over residential neighborhoods. Similar ill effects of pollution are found in other Gulf communities. Some 25 years into the Superfund program, coastal chemical dumpsites remain today.
n Scared sick: Gulf Coast residents
n grapple with effects of dirty air, water
n A less-than Superfund: Twenty-three years later,
n communities still waiting for federal clean-up cash
n Profiles on the Gulf
Deep Trouble
in the Naples (FL) Daily News
http://www.marcoeagle.com/deeptrouble/deeptrouble.html
Sunday,
Sept. 28, 2003
DAY ONE:
THE OVERVIEW
The Gulf of Mexico is a polluted body of water that's in deep trouble. A big threat is runoff from land developed to house the nearly 5 million people who settled along the Gulf the past 20 years. Agriculture sends polluted waters down several major rivers to the Gulf.
n A Gulf under siege: Fish are dying. The coast is
n shrinking. Pollution is rising. People keep coming.
n Crowding the coast: Communities grapple
n with growing pains, millions of newcomers
n Soiling the Gulf: From Iowa to the Everglades,
n farm fertilizer and waste pollutes waterways
n Profiles on the Gulf
DAY TWO:
THE COAST AT RISK
Monday,
Sept. 29, 2003
Beaches are the Gulf's cash cow, but poor water quality puts the coast's $20-billion-a-year lifeline — tourism — at risk. Beach water tests now warn visitors when it's not safe to go in the water. Oldtimers, scientists and fishermen recall days of abundant fish and crystal waters.
n Pollution and excessive development
n could bury Florida Gulf Coast's economy
n Beach blues: Water quality tests alert
n beachgoers to public health risks
n Time travelers: Old-timers recall Gulf's golden years
n Profiles on the Gulf
Tuesday,
Sept. 30, 2003
DAY THREE:
THE FIGHT OVER FISH
There was a day when fishing was a thriving commercial industry in the Gulf. Today, fish are caught up in a bureaucratic tangle of sport anglers vs. commercial fishermen. Fish populations face an uphill swim because of polluted runoff, a loss of coastal habitat and overfishing.
n A sea of red tape: Federal fisheries laws fall
n short of goals to stop overfishing, protect habitat
n An industry, sport on the hook: Recreational,
n commercial fishermen spar as catches dwindle
n Net ban or net loss? Ban on gill nets
n means loss of livelihood, way of life
n Men and the sea: Making a living from
n the Gulf of Mexico isn't what it used to be
DAY FOUR:
THE REVOLUTION'S POLLUTION
Wednesday,
Oct. 1, 2003
Industry brought vital jobs to the Gulf-rim states decades ago and today the coastal region is paying the ecological price. Carcinogens such as dioxin are in the water. Mercury has been found in fish bound for dinner tables. Even so, the oil industry covets new areas of the Gulf.
n Industrial devolution: Heavy industry,
n lax regulation combine for a toxic mix
n Oil's Louisiana legacy: State suffers from
n disappearing coast and a cultural clash
n Profiles on the Gulf
Thursday,
Oct. 2, 2003
DAY FIVE:
THE ILL EFFECTS
They call it Cancer Alley, a coastal stretch of Louisiana where petrochemical plants cast shadows over residential neighborhoods. Similar ill effects of pollution are found in other Gulf communities. Some 25 years into the Superfund program, coastal chemical dumpsites remain today.
n Scared sick: Gulf Coast residents
n grapple with effects of dirty air, water
n A less-than Superfund: Twenty-three years later,
n communities still waiting for federal clean-up cash
n Profiles on the Gulf
