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 ...
Tag: South Florida Water Management District
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 ...
Peter Moore: Governments need to allocate more money to study Florida’s flooding threat and how to address it
An interview with Peter Moore, president and CEO of Chen Moore and Associates As part of its series “The Business ...
Protecting our water supply also can help South Florida fight the damage from sea-level rise
By Ryan Rossi, the South Florida Water Coalition Though the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging as the new year begins, ...
Alligator gender, sinking coastline are part of water district’s effort to measure the consequences of climate change in South Florida
By Kimberly Miller, Palm Beach Post For the first time in its more than 70-year history, South Florida Water Management ...
Water board indicates that it will study the potential problems of drilling 80 wells to store water underground
By Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation The South Florida Water Management District recently approved a $14 million contract that could ultimately ...
Gov. DeSantis took a stand on environmental appointments – then sat down
Daytona Beach News-Journal Editorial Board Sometimes it’s fun to try to figure out exactly what Gov. Ron DeSantis is thinking. ...
This is an emergency — we must act now to save our beautiful Biscayne Bay
By Rebeca Sosa, Miami-Dade County Commission Mother Nature has alerted us to a crisis in Biscayne Bay, and we are ...
Self-styled environmental savior Ron DeSantis is letting water boards wither
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board When Ron DeSantis took office in January 2019, the St. Johns River Water Management District ...
Bureaucratic bungling may delay the start of the vital Everglades Reservoir project
By Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation Florida’s most effective response to the increasing threat of rising sea levels is one that ...
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