Posts Tagged ‘Algae blooms’
Public must be warned about environmental threats
By the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board December 1, 2016 Sun Sentinel Three months ago, as Florida was still reeling from one environmental disaster — toxic algae blooms on both coasts…
Read MoreEnd stench and sludge. Save the Everglades: #NowOrNeverglades
By Orlando Sentinel Editors November 14, 2016 Orlando Sentinel A week ago, while most Floridians were preoccupied by a certain approaching news event, a 12-day bus tour concluded in a…
Read MoreWho’ll perform CPR on Everglades? South Florida chokes on guacamole
By Eric Eikenberg October 30, 2016 Orlando Sentinel Imagine that one of Florida’s most important flood-control structures has been ruptured, and that every day, 1.5 billion gallons of toxic water is…
Read MoreEditorial: State agency should conduct routine testing of Treasure Coast waterways
Editoral Board October 27, 2016 TC Palm What you can’t see could hurt you. This simple truth underscores the importance of routine testing for toxins in the St. Lucie River and…
Read MoreWhen will Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River end?
By Tyler Treadway October 18, 2016 TC Palm Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River could decrease again Friday, but likely won’t stop yet. At a conference call Tuesday…
Read MoreThe Riverkeeper: Just a Florida Man Trying to Save Waterways From Toxic Algae
By Meredith Rutland Bauer October 17, 2016 Motherboard Marty Baum jumped on a friend’s boat, his phone blowing up with frantic phone calls from fishermen. Forty square miles of catfish,…
Read MoreGuest column: Confluence of crises in Florida
By Wayne Mills October 12, 2016 TC Palm If things weren’t bad enough with sea level rise flooding South Florida on high tides and especially full moons, the Zika virus, toxic algal…
Read MoreSt. Lucie River conditions are right for bloom to be toxic blue-green algae
By Tyler Treadway September 29, 2016 TC Palm St. Lucie River conditions are right to feed another round of blue-green algae blooms, but don’t expect to see — or smell — a repeat of…
Read MoreThe Fix to our water crisis is complicated but doable
By Roger Williams September 28, 2016 Florida Weekly IT’S THE YEAR OF WATER IN FLORIDA. Unprecedented winter floods swept into Lake Okeechobee from the north, cascading into the delicate estuaries…
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