Emails Show Big Sugar’s Influence
By Lucas Daprile August 30, 2017 TC Palm South Florida water managers were on the verge of an agricultural pollution crackdown when they scrapped their plans and let a sugar lobbyist dictate ...
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
Gil Smart: Battle joined on Negron plan
By Gil Smart January 13, 2017 TC Palm State Sen. Rob Bradley said he’s ready to carry water, so to speak, for Senate President Joe Negron. But there sure are ...
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: ...
Big Sugar’s slime flows north to the Capitol
By Carl Hiaasen January 15, 2017 Miami Herald The paid soldiers in Gov. Rick Scott’s war on the environment are aligning to block state efforts to purchase any farm lands ...
POINT OF VIEW The water is going the wrong way
By Kimberly Mitchell December 27, 2016 Palm Beach Post For many, the discussion of Everglades restoration can get a bit overwhelming. The complex, man-made water management problems we face involve ...
The Guardians of Martin County Present A New Path To Clean Water
This clean water flowing through the Everglades is not only beautiful, it also holds the key to our survival as Floridians. Florida is facing a potential water crisis due to ...
Sugar-cane growing on state land misses pollution-cleanup goal, records show
By Andy Reid December 11, 2016 Sun Sentinel Two sugar cane farms repeatedly failing to meet Everglades pollution-cleanup goals remain in business thanks to an accommodating landlord — the state ...
Critics: Poor water management will lead to shortages for some
Big Sugar believes that people on the coast do not know what they are talking about. (See the end of the article.) What happens, though, when we run out of water? ...