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Maggy Hurchalla: Don’t dismiss dangers of algae in our waterways

By Maggy Hurchalla Guest Column for TC Palm June 27, 2016 No one wants to be Chicken Little. The sky wasn't falling. The silly bird panicked over a little acorn. ...

Algae alerts now in Martin and St. Lucie counties

By Elliott Jones of TCPalm June 26, 2016 Martin and St. Lucie County officials are appealing to state officials to test the water at local beaches after swimmers were warned ...

Editorial: Indian River Lagoon’s tragic history is poised to repeat itself

By the TC Palm Editorial Board June 16, 2016 Has anything really changed? This is the question Treasure Coast residents are asking as they brace for a potential repeat of ...

New Video: Dirty River Jam 2016

The Guardians of Martin County is pleased to produce and share this video from the Dirty River Jam on Saturday, June 11th, 2016. It's encouraging to see so many people ...

Congressman Bill Posey’s Letter to the Department of Transportation

Update: Congressman Bill Posey has continued to fight for us to protect the Treasure Coast. Recently, he has helped bring to light the scandals and misrepresentations of the Louis Berger ...

TC Palm Guest Column by Mike Holliday: How to end the cycle of destruction in our estuaries

By Mike Holliday - May 26, 2016 Florida's estuaries are under siege. At no time in our history has there been such a distinct collapse of our waterways as what ...

Rising Seas Push Too Much Salt Into The Florida Everglades

By CHRISTOPHER JOYCE of WMRA (NPR) Published May 26, 2016 The Florida Everglades is a swampy wilderness the size of Delaware. In some places along the road in southern The Florida ...

tcpalm.com analysis of U.S. Sugar ads reveal untruths

Courtesy: tcpalm.com By Tyler Treadway of tcpalm.com U.S. Sugar Corp. in April launched a second media blitz — not to sell sugar, but to sell its positions on controversial Treasure ...

Should Florida ‘frack’ its limestone for oil and gas? Two geophysicists weigh in

By Ray Russo, Associate Professor of Geophysics at the University of Florida and Elizabeth Screaton, Professor of Geology at the University of Florida Originally published by The Conversation US, Inc. ...