River Kidz Take Fight For Clean Water to Washington
From WPEC: STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — For years, adults have been fighting for change to stop releases from Lake Okeechobee, to stop the growth of toxic blue green algae. Now, the ...
A Must See Documentary on The Everglades
A must see one hour documentary produced by CBS 4 Miami & Jim DeFede "The Everglades: Where Politics, Money and Race Collide" Click here for more information & interviews
PBS Video: What’s Stopping Everglades from healing?
“What’s stopping the vulnerable Everglades from being healed?” PBS Newshour story includes video of toxic algal blooms in Stuart. Worth watching for interview with Michael Grunwald, author of “The Swamp.” ...
Poisoning A River of Grass
By Jessica M. Castillo January 23, 2017 University of Miami In less than a 20-minute drive west, Larry Brand leaves Miami’s suburban sprawl and reaches the Everglades, where he’s been ...
Eve Samples: Buy the land south of Lake Okeechobee — don’t buy the excuses
By Eve Samples January 13, 2017 TC Palm Summer of 2016 State lawmakers have every reason to pull the trigger on buying land south of Lake Okeechobee this year. These are the biggies: ...
$2 Billion for Everglades not a silver bullet for toxic algae
By Jana Eschbach WPEC CBS 12 STUART (CBS12) — The President signed off on $2 billion Everglades restoration project this week, but will the money continue to flow south from Washington ...
Eve Samples: Do you have a case of ‘seasonal amnesia’?
By Eve Samples December 2, 2016 TC Palm Do you have seasonal amnesia? Symptoms may include: Ability to enjoy our waterways without having flashbacks of blue-green algae. Forgetting the ammonia-like stench ...
End stench and sludge. Save the Everglades: #NowOrNeverglades
By Orlando Sentinel Editors November 14, 2016 Orlando Sentinel A week ago, while most Floridians were preoccupied by a certain approaching news event, a 12-day bus tour concluded in a ...
Who’ll perform CPR on Everglades? South Florida chokes on guacamole
By Eric Eikenberg October 30, 2016 Orlando Sentinel Imagine that one of Florida's most important flood-control structures has been ruptured, and that every day, 1.5 billion gallons of toxic water is ...