It’s time to save Big Cypress National Preserve from future oil drilling
Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board Big Cypress National Preserve is too valuable to allow more oil drilling within its borders. ...
Tag: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Citizens used the legal system to save Chesapeake Bay; Floridians need a similar strategy to protect the state’s polluted waters
By Wayne Mills, former board chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972. Congress ...
Electric school buses on the rise in Florida, but more needed
By Mary Linn and Mary Dipboye One out of three children in the United States rides a bus every school day. ...
Save the seagrass, save the lagoon and save the manatees
By Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Over the past 16 months, the people fighting to save Florida’s gentle, beloved manatees have ...
EPA must do its job to protect manatees from deadly pollution
By Elizabeth Forsyth Elizabeth Forsyth Florida’s manatees are in crisis, and that’s why we’re headed to court to enforce the law ...
Don’t let Florida officials get their grubby little hands on fragile federal lands
By Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald Columnist One of the only positive things about having Rick Scott in Washington is that ...
COVID-19 and the climate crisis show us that ‘an ounce of prevention’ can save lives and money
By Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Drastic times call for drastic measures, and society is making unprecedented changes ...