Gulf of Mexico

The Living Lands and Waters' Mississippi River Institute floating classroom will be in the St. Louis region until the fall to educate young people and host meetings related to the river.

One year away from a federal deadline to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico by 20%, increases in tile drainage, livestock and fertilizer use have made success unlikely.

It’s only midmorning, but shrimper Thomas Olander is already calling it quits for the day in a small bayou in St. Mary Parish, on the central Louisiana…

Updated 4:43 p.m. with comment from Glynnis Collins of the Prairie Rivers Network.A coalition of environmental groups is taking legal action to push the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 14, 2011 - WASHINGTON - This year's record flood on the lower Mississippi River is likely to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 14, 2011 - WASHINGTON - This year's record flood on the lower Mississippi River is likely to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 14, 2010 - Oil and tar balls from the BP oil spill washed up today in an unlikely place -- a St.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 24, 2010 - The late Mike Royko was the pre-eminent Chicago columnist of his generation. He first…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 23, 2010 - The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, which has cost lives and livelihoods and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 3, 2010 - As I write these words, crude oil has been pouring into the Gulf of Mexico for 41…