GLIN==> The Environment Report for 03.23.09

Today on The Environment Report...  

Farmers have until the end of this week 
to apply for a program that would pay 
them to let in more flood water.  
Chuck Quirmbach reports in many areas, 
farmers would stop growing crops and 
instead plant water-absorbing trees 
or grasses.  

And... twenty years ago this week, 
an oil tanker ran aground in Alaska's 
Prince William Sound.  The Exxon Valdez 
spilled about 11 million gallons of crude 
oil.  It's considered to be perhaps the 
biggest ecological disaster in U.S. history.  
Ann Dornfeld has a report on how oil spill 
prevention and preparedness have changed 
in the two decades since Valdez ran aground.


TODAY'S DAILY REPORT: 
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Flooded Farms & The Exxon Valdez Legacy
http://environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=123
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TODAY'S NEWS FEATURE: 
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The Legacy Of The Exxon Valdez
http://environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4403
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TODAY'S NEWS SPOT: 
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Farmers To Help With Flooding
http://environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4404
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