The effects of nutrient pollution are increasingly apparent throughout the Mississippi River basin.

ECONOMIST: Nutrient pollution

The idea is to experiment with projects that pay farmers to reduce nutrient pollution, using money that would otherwise have been spent on expensive technology for use by institutions such as municipal water authorities.

ECONOMIST: Nutrient pollution

Nature groups like the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and government-funded research organizations such as Connecticut Sea Grant and the Long Island Sound Study sponsored Mr. Yarish's seaweed project to show how seaweed can keep nutrient pollution in check.

WSJ: Connecticut Seaweed: Life Down on the Kelp Farm

Whatever the outcome of the nutrient-pollution lawsuits many people seem to believe that strict limits will come anyway, one way or another.

ECONOMIST: Nutrient pollution