Letter to the Editor: Save the Everglades for future generations
By Nancy Marshall September 4, 2016 Palm Beach Post The Everglades is in peril. This past season’s devastating algae blooms in Lake Okeechobee and the estuaries were not the first, ...
Editorial: $870 million spent on Herbert Hoover Dike, but no relief for estuaries
By the TC Palm Editorial Board September 1, 2016 TC Palm The Army Corps of Engineers is in no hurry to revise its water regulation schedule for Lake Okeechobee. Though ...
Army Corps: Dike rehab won’t decrease Lake Okeechobee discharges
By Tyler Treadway August 31, 2016 TC Palm The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has finalized a plan for completing rehabilitation work on the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee. ...
Nelson, local leaders question Florida changing water pollution rules
By Erika Pesantes and Andy Reid August 31, 2016 Sun Sentinel With water pollution already fueling toxic algae blooms in Florida, the state shouldn't allow more toxic chemicals to flow into ...
Will current restoration projects sustain Florida?
By John Cassani August 29, 2016 Tallahassee Democrat Public land ownership, including the perceived need to secure more land south of Lake Okeechobee to reduce destructive flows of polluted water to ...
Water Pollution In Florida: You May Come Home to This …
By gimleteye August 29, 2016 Eye on Miami Water pollution is a political event. We know this in Florida through the stage-managed destruction of laws intended to protect the public ...
Big Sugar subsidiary lands $40M loan for Coconut Creek apartments
[How is this for irony? Big Sugar resists the calls for buying the land south, but they sure are buying up land in South Florida, and it's not to grow ...
Joe Negron’s plan to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges faces challenges
By Isadora Rangel August 24, 2016 TC Palm A plan to reduce Image from flsenate.gov Lake Okeechobee discharges received much praise from Treasure Coast elected officials and environmental activists, but ...
Counties Score Big Win Against Train
A Federal Judge concludes the All Aboard Florida (AAF) project will not likely move forward on the Treasure Coast without the bond financing to pay for the high-speed rail system. ...