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Kingston Spill One of Many, Environmental Group Says - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Bristol Herald Courier
Kingston Spill One of Many, Environmental Group Says
istockAnalyst.com (press release), OR
"TVA's own Clean Water Act permit applications show that wastewater discharged from ash and scrubber sludge ponds at six different plants contains heavy metals at levels that are either toxic to aquatic life or which may make fish caught in adjacent
Roane County residents worry about summer water fun WVLT
TVA to study health impact of coal ash WBIR-TV
TVA Claims Water Near Fly Ash Spill Safe for Recreation, Tests Newsinferno.com
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City exploring solutions to Millers Bay weed problem - Oshkosh Northwestern

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
City exploring solutions to Millers Bay weed problem
Oshkosh Northwestern, WI
By Amie Jo Schaenzer • of The Northwestern • March 31, 2009 Aquatic ecologists studying Millers Bay plant life over the past several months are asking the city’s park department to use a more integrated approach to controlling summer weed growth that

Helen Yemm's Thorny Problems - Telegraph.co.uk

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk
Helen Yemm's Thorny Problems
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
It helps that there are no plants of value nearby, however, so there is a good chance that Marion can knock the weed on the head with glyphosate – as in Roundup. This weed killer is only effective if it touches green leaves and stems of plants,

Make Room For Space Florists: First Plants to Be Grown on the Moon - Discover Magazine

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Discover Magazine
Make Room For Space Florists: First Plants to Be Grown on the Moon
Discover Magazine, NY
A space bouquet is not so far fetched: Paragon has a good track record of growing flowers in zero-g conditions, and has successfully grown the first aquatic plant in space. If the flowers bloom under the unusual gravitational pull, then the next step

More Spring Break ideas - Florida's marine menageries - Examiner.com

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Examiner.com
More Spring Break ideas - Florida's marine menageries
Examiner.com
In Tampa, visitors encounter over 10000 aquatic plants and animals, from huge sharks to playful river otters at The Florida Aquarium. Swim With The Fishes, an in-water reef adventure, offers the opportunity to encounter one of the Florida Keys' most

Goldfish ponds: the waiting is the hardest part - Examiner.com

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Examiner.com
Goldfish ponds: the waiting is the hardest part
Examiner.com
Because many water lilies, water hyacinth and other aquatic plants are tropical in origin, local garden stores usually don't offer them for sale until mid-May or so. You still may be able to get oxygenating plants like anarcharis at your local pet

Paradise lost - Argonaut

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Paradise lost
Argonaut, ID
Small plants shoot away from the flat muddy ground, their firm green stalks reach toward the cloudy sky — a sign of life to come as spring nears. The trees around the pond streach upward into the sky for what seems like eternity.

Effective preparation can reduce property damage from severe storms - The Canadian Press

Monday, March 30th, 2009

The Canadian Press
Effective preparation can reduce property damage from severe storms
The Canadian Press
You don't need chemicals and toxins coating your lawn, trees and plants. -Aquatic gardens need attention. Potted plants resting on bricks or blocks to keep them above the water should be set on the bottom of the pond until the gales pass.

State using new chemical to clear nuisance plants - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

Monday, March 30th, 2009
State using new chemical to clear nuisance plants
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
(AP) — A new chemical being used by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has helped clear 750 acres of two nuisance aquatic plants on Turkey Creek in Franklin Parish. The eradication of giant salvinia and water hyacinth on the popular

The Nuclear Goliath: Confronting Industrial Energy - Toward Freedom

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Toward Freedom
The Nuclear Goliath: Confronting Industrial Energy
Toward Freedom, VT
It concentrates by factors of thousands in aquatic plants and by the hundreds in terra plants. Radon gas from inoperative mines and abandoned tailings can be culpable for radioactive contamination not only on a continental level, but on a global basis


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