POINT OF VIEW: State must lead to solve region’s polluted-water crisis
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | Palm Beach Post Robert Moher, Naples Written By: ROBERT MOHER, NAPLES Even if dike improvements were expedited, polluted-water discharges would occur. The fact is, lake ...
Guest Column: More Lake Okeechobee water is moving south — but our work isn’t done
from Maggy Hurchalla, via tcpalm.com Since the summer of 2013 we've been asking all the powers that be to buy the land and send the water south. Last week Gov. ...
Environmental groups want judge to force finance officer to transfer $237 million to Amendment 1
By Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Naples Daily News 8:34 PM, Oct 23, 2015 Environmental activists are asking a judge to order the state’s top financial officer to transfer more than $237 million ...
Florida needs $16.5 billion for drinking water infrastructure
By JASON DEAREN The Associated Press GAINESVILLE — With a burgeoning population and aging water systems, Florida will need $16.5 billion in funding over the next 20 years just to ...
Big issues for Martin County in 2016 legislative session: water and sand
By Sally Swartz, Palm Beach Post Two members of Martin County’s legislative delegation listened for hours last week while more than 30 residents buttered them up, begged for money, griped ...
Carl Hiaasen: Brazen theft of Amendment 1 Bucks
Miami Herald: Most embezzlers try to conceal their thefts, but not in Tallahassee. The looting of Florida’s Amendment One conservation funds took place in broad daylight, orchestrated by two poker-faced ...
Sun Sentinel: Will Scott’s tantrum threaten Everglades restoration?
By Martha Musgrove Florida Gov. Rick Scott staged a Tallahassee tantrum this month aimed at the South Florida Water Management District. In short order and with no public explanations, Scott ...
TC PALM: Rainfall runoff lowering salinity, increasing risk of deadly bacteria
This week’s monsoon-like rainfall is dramatically lowering salinity in the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon, and that’s raising the risk of a potentially deadly bacteria. The fresh rainwater ...
Environmentalists: Divert Surplus Funds To Amendment 1
Environmental groups are asking a Leon County judge to intervene in how the state will spend a large chunk of the $700 million in funds set aside by voters for ...