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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 ...

Lake Okeechobee draining increasing, despite algae risks

By Andy Reid September 15, 2016 Sun Sentinel More Lake Okeechobee draining is planned to lessen South Florida flooding risks, despite concerns about fueling toxic algae blooms in Stuart and ...

Lawsuit threatens future of Miami-Orlando train project

By Dobora Lima September 14, 2016 South Florida Business Journal The Brightline train may be delayed. All Aboard Florida, the company building the Miami-to-Orlando passenger train, is embroiled in a ...

What’s really going on with the Loxahatchee Refuge?

By Randy Schultz September 13, 2016 Sun-Sentinel Credit: Steve Brooks Is the bigger threat to one of South Florida's natural treasures an invasive species or invasive politics? That treasure is ...

Editorial: Pass this bill to help restore the Everglade

MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD September 12, 2016   The Florida Everglades The Senate is tantalizingly close to approving legislation that energizes the decades-long effort to restore the well-being of the Florida ...

All Aboard Florida’s plan for passenger train service from Miami to Orlando in jeopardy

By Ann Henson Feltgen September 9, 2016 FloridaBulldog.org All Aboard Florida’s plan to operate regular passenger train service between Miami and Orlando is in jeopardy following a federal judge’s order ...

Editorial: Water district wields heavy hand against Audubon

Editorial Board September 6, 2016 Palm Beach Post There appears to be a new atmosphere at the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and not a good one. The agency ...