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CHANGE IN RUSSIAN TRADE STATUS HURTS LA. FERTILIZER INDUSTRY
by
John Breaux
WASHINGTON
(June 6) - U.S. Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) today expressed concern
about a decision by the Department of Commerce to revoke Russia's
non-market economy status ("NME") under U.S. antidumping
laws and the negative impact the decision will have for the American
nitrogen fertilizer industry: Full
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Hypoxia
In The Gulf of Mexico
In the environmental arena, "hypoxia" refers to a
condition that exists in a body of water when dissolved oxygen falls
below healthy levels necessary to support aquatic life. In recent
years, researchers have identified an annual phenomenon which occurs
off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico each spring. Large
areas of oxygen-depleted waters, said to be thousands of square
miles, occur on Louisiana's continental shelf. Researchers say that
the "hypoxic zone" is caused by nutrients in the waters discharged
by the Mississippi River. News media have labeled this annual hypoxic
zone "the dead zone," although the area is not dead at all, but
teems with life.
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