Florida Senate Bill 2508 would protect water supply for all
By Ryan A. Rossi I’m a Florida native. Born and raised here, I still live in my hometown of Boca ...
Tag: Everglades
Reject questionable South Dade development, commissioners. Everglades must come first
By the Miami Herald Editorial Board It would be easy for Miami-Dade County commissioners to dismiss environmentalists who are fighting ...
Two anti-Everglades bills deserve DeSantis vetoes
By South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Board Two bills that threaten the Everglades have not yet gone to Gov. Ron ...
Florida Senate births sneaky scheme to help Big Sugar
By Steve Bousquet TALLAHASSEE — Eric Eikenberg was at his kid’s soccer practice when his phone rang. “I got a ...
An opportunity for the Everglades, and the world
Maggy Hurchalla The recent Everglades Coalition Conference provided a wealth of information about what’s happening in South Florida. The sea level ...
Florida’s leaders need to act quickly to save land that will connect the state’s existing preserves and protect our wildlife
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Across Florida, more than 10 million acres of land are being managed for conservation ...
Floridians want our Everglades, oceans and coasts to be protected from oil-exploration pollution
By Jon Paul “J.P.’’ Brooker, Florida Conservation Oil and water don’t mix. That adage applies to protecting Florida’s precious ecosystems ...
Constitutional amendment is the best remedy to save Florida’s beleaguered waterways
By Richard Baker, Pelican Island Audubon Society “Every Floridian has a right to clean water.” These are the first words ...
Now is the time develop a Lake Okeechobee plan that will protect our environment, economy and health
By Eve Samples, Friends of the Everglades For too many decades, Florida’s water priorities have been misguided. We’ve kept Lake ...
Christmas is a time to imagine how people working together can devise ways to address the threats from the warming climate
By Kipp Nelson, Minister of Outreach at First United Methodist Church of Miami The year of 2020 has put us ...