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More Blue Crabs, but Chesapeake Bay Is Still at Risk, Report Says
Posted by NYT: LESLIE KAUFMAN on December 28th, 2010
NYT: A group of volunteers washed and bagged oyster shells as part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation oyster restoration program in Gloucester Point, Va.
The blue crab population is growing again in Chesapeake Bay, but the 64,000 square-mile system of bays, marshes and rivers remains imperiled, according to a report [pdf] released Tuesday by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
The foundation is a nonprofit advocacy organization that measures the health of this complex system, the largest estuary in the...
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More Blue Crabs, but Chesapeake Bay Is Still at Risk, Report Says
Posted by NYT: LESLIE KAUFMAN on December 28th, 2010
NYT: A group of volunteers washed and bagged oyster shells as part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation oyster restoration program in Gloucester Point, Va.
The blue crab population is growing again in Chesapeake Bay, but the 64,000 square-mile system of bays, marshes and rivers remains imperiled, according to a report [pdf] released Tuesday by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
The foundation is a nonprofit advocacy organization that measures the health of this complex system, the largest estuary in the...
Soft Jeans ->Water Waste?
Posted by NYT: LESLIE KAUFMAN on November 4th, 2010
NYT: All of the products we use have environmental costs that we take for granted.
Levi`s The new jeans logo.
Consider the manufacture of a pair of blue jeans. The average pair uses 11 gallons of water in the finishing process, where it undergoes 3 to 10 cycles in the washing machine to get that perfect texture. When you consider that about 450 million pairs of jeans are purchased each year in the United States alone, the implications for fresh water use are astounding.
Levi’s brand is announcing...