Posts Tagged ‘Big Sugar’
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…
Read MoreBig 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…
Read MoreJoe Negron’s plan to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges faces challenges
By Isadora Rangel August 24, 2016 TC Palm A plan to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges received much praise from Treasure Coast elected officials and environmental activists, but some Republican lawmakers…
Read MoreSen. Joe Negron’s plan to stop Lake Okeechobee discharges must clean Everglades-bound water
By Tyler Treadway August 10, 2016 TCPalm One significant factor is missing from state Sen. Joe Negron’s plan to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee and stop discharges to…
Read MoreSugar 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…
Read MoreBig 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 —…
Read MoreWater Expert Mark Perry: Send Water South from Lake O
From tcpalm.com: Guest Column from Mark Perry, Executive Director of Florida Oceanographic Society If you are getting perfect drainage and the perfect amount of water for irrigation, of course you…
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