Sugar farmers struggle to meet Everglades pollution limit
By Jenny Staletovich August 9, 2016 Miami Herald Farmers in the Everglades just barely met the legal requirement for cutting pollution in water over the last year. According to figures ...
Joe Negron says he’ll push for funding to buy land south of Lake O
By JENNA BUZZACCO-FOERSTER July 9, 2016 Florida Politics Calls to send the water south of appear to have been heard. Senate President Designate Joe Negron announced Tuesday he planned to push ...
Big Agriculture choking our waterways
By Brion Blackwelder, Marc Yaggi August 8, 2016 Sun-Sentinel Shocking images of guacamole-like toxic algae in Florida focused national attention on how something that sounds innocuous — nutrient pollution — ...
Report: Half of Florida lakes’ surface have ‘elevated’ algae levels
By Jim Waymer August 5, 2016 Florida Today Florida waters are growing greener, saltier and more toxic in some parts, according to a new report on the state’s waters. The ...
Clean water shouldn’t be so complicated
By Paula Dockery Orlando Sentinel August 4, 2016 We all want clean water. It's vital to our survival. Clean water is necessary to ensure public health. Water leaving our lakes, ...
Maxwell: Florida’s water woes are bad and getting worse. Do you care?
By Scott Maxwell August 2, 2016 Orlando Sentinel A few weeks ago, Florida made national news for being coated in thick, green, toxic algae. It looked like a river of ...
Another massive algae bloom begins in Martin County
BY JANA ESCHBACH CBS12 August 1, 2016 STUART (CBS12) — It’s been only a few days since a full moon high tide washed away a foot-deep sludge of toxic algae ...
The Japan Times: Florida algae bloom afflicts economy, sea life
[Our area made the Japan Times, but for all the wrong reasons . . . ] AFP-JIJI July 30, 2016 Japan Times MIAMI – Every night Tim Robinson sleeps in ...
WPTV: Gov. Rick Scott continues to ask feds for help in algae crisis
Scott has no plans to visit Martin County By Charlie Keegan July 28, 2016 WPTV BOCA RATON, Fla. - What does Gov. Rick Scott have to say about the algae ...