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As a resident of New Orleans, I can't help but point out that the massive dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the result of corporate mismanagement of resources. Agricultural and pollution runoff from industrial conglomerates in the Northern Mississippi Valley are responsible for this problem. Add to that the damage already destroying America's wetlands perpetrated by the Oil and Gas companies who have dug shortcuts through the wetlands, causing saltwater intrusion and the death of the Mississippi River Delta, home to the spawning grounds of several endangered species including the Canadian Snow Goose. Also, the valuable storm-surge cushion which has protected the City of New Orleans from hurricane surge for centuries is gone and has been destroyed in the name of corporate profiteering. It is no wonder this "Seafood Basket" for the nation is disappearing before our eyes and no one seems to care. The two issues concerning the health of the Delta and the North Central Gulf of Mexico are tied to one another and are combining to create an economic disaster on the scale of the garbage patch in the Pacific ocean, which is a warning from the planet, enough is enough.