Gil Smart: More development coming; how will we handle it?
By Gil Smart September 23, 2016 TC Palm There's a new report out projecting that by 2070, Florida's population will hit 33.7 million. That is, 15 million more people than ...
Lake Okeechobee pollutes St. Lucie River with 1.1 billion gallons a day
By Tyler Treadway September 22, 2016 TC Palm With Lake Okeechobee water levels too high and rising, polluted discharges to the St. Lucie River will increase to more than 1.1 billion gallons a ...
This “Done Deal” is coming UNDONE!
For more than two years All Aboard Florida has made every effort to convince the public that its rail project is unstoppable. Many in the media have even called for ...
All Aboard Florida slighted Martin County by failing to look west
By Lisa Broadt September 21, 2016 TC Palm Federal and state agencies soon will receive a new suggested route for All Aboard Florida, one which would skirt Martin County yet still cut through ...
Martin County says All Aboard Florida ignored viable western corridor
Martin County will be presenting a fifth railroad option that would take All Aboard Florida on a westerly track, avoiding two bridges and environmentally sensitive wetlands on Tuesday, September 20th ...
We can’t ignore Florida’s water quality
By Ron Patrick September 18, 2016 Tallahassee Democrat Florida must not become Flint. Florida elected leaders have embarked on a path to allow even more pollution in our waterways. At a ...
Sinkhole leaking toxins into Florida aquifer prompts water quality fears
By Andrea Torres September 17, 2016 WPLG Source: United States Geological Survey MULBERRY, Fla. - After a huge sinkhole opened up under a phosphate fertilizer plant, contaminated water with a ...
New Challenge to one of All Aboard Florida’s environmental permit requests
For immediate release: September 16, 2016 Contact: Gabriella B. Ferraro, Administration, 772-463-2810 On Wednesday, September 14, Martin and St. Lucie counties filed a Petition with the South Florida Water Management ...
Ron Littlepage: Call it the Florida Department of Pollution
By Ron Littlepage September 15, 2016 Florida Times Union As it stands now, your state government is hellbent on allowing higher amounts of cancer-causing chemicals to pollute our rivers and ...