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Five Ways to Protect Florida’s Environment

By Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch November 29, 2017 TC Palm For too long, Florida’s natural treasures have been put on the back burner by politics. Our quality of life as Floridians and ...

Everglades Oil Well Application Rejected

By David Fleshler November 27, 2017 Sun Sentinel A proposal for an exploratory oil well in the Everglades of western Broward County was rejected again Monday by state regulators, although ...

Letter to SFWMD Demanding Clean Water

Send a letter to Mike Albert, project manager at South Florida Water Management District and Florida Governor Rick Scott, by filling in your information below and hit "Send". It's that easy. ...

Lake Okeechobee Discharges Top 100 Billion Gallons

By Tyler Treadway November 19, 2017 TC Palm Sometime Saturday, the 100 billionth gallon of water discharged from Lake Okeechobee since mid-September poured into the St. Lucie River. To put ...

Toxic Algae: A Severe National Threat

By John Flesher and Angeliki Kastanis November 16, 2017 Associated Press Toxic algae: Once a nuisance, now a severe nationwide threat MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Competing in a bass fishing ...

Bill Regulating High-Speed Trains Clears Senate Committee

By Jennifer Sorentrue November 14, 2017 Palm Beach Post   As All Aboard Florida’s Brightline prepares to launch service between West Palm Beach and Miami, a proposed bill regulating the company’s passenger ...

Blue-Green Algae: Was It Fed Or Dead?

By Tyler Treadway November 10, 2017 TC Palm Scientists agree Lake Okeechobee discharges, not septic tanks, caused a 2016 St. Lucie River algae bloom that wrecked the environment and water-related businesses. But the ...

Brightline Deaths A Glimpse Into the Future?

By Rich Campbell November 11, 2017 TC Palm Brightline hasn't even started commercial operations, yet its trains already have struck and killed two people. Not a good start for a project ...

Time For Chamber To Get On Board With Reservoir

By Eve Samples November 9, 2017 TC Palm An open letter to the Florida Chamber of Commerce: Business leaders of Florida, It's great that you're talking about water. You got together in ...