Toxic Algae: Fingerpointing is not the answer

Editorial from the Palm Beach Post urging all of the interests to come together and find a solution vs. pointing fingers: Blue-Green Algae

Another rainy summer season. Another massive toxic algae bloom on Lake Okeechobee. Another round of nutrient-rich water discharges threatening Florida’s coasts and fanning outrage.

And, most frustrating, another triage approach to fixing a festering decades-old wound.

On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott issued an emergency order to help mitigate the impact of toxic algae outbreaks on both coasts. Scott was clearly reading the political tea leaves of an election year while touring the Caloosahatchee River Monday morning, then imposing the order for Glades, Hendry, Lee, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties “to help combat algal blooms caused by Lake Okeechobee water discharges from the Army Corps of Engineers.”

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