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The Florida Legislature is congratulating themselves for spreading around a record $74.5 billion budget, bit it has shafted the environment.
Palm Beach Post Rep. Jake Raburn is behind a scheme that would handcuff local governments’ ability to prevent water pollution.
Tampa TribuneA bill up for consideration in the Senate includes a provision that would strip Orange County of its authority to protect wetlands in Wedgefield.
Orlando SentinelSome politicians today are pressing for oil exploration in parts of the Gulf much closer to Northwest Florida.
Northwest Florida Daily NewsThe city announced that a new segment of Riverwalk running under Kennedy Boulevard should be in place by late next year.
Tampa TribuneA bill passed by the House would hurt Florida's economy as much as its natural resources, and if the Senate votes for it Gov. Scott should veto it.
Tampa Bay TimesThe Legislature will not pass any bills this year focused on restoration or protection of our environmentally and economically important springs.
Ocala Star-BannerTriumph, a nonprofit corporation, will oversee money the state receives from the $5.5 billion lawsuit against BP filed by state Attorney General.
Pensacola News-JournalFlorida filed a lawsuit to recover economic damages from the BP oil spill and a Manatee County environmental project tops the list for recovery.
Bradenton HeraldState environmental officials predict that by 2030, Florida will be consuming nearly 8 billion gallons of water a day.
Northwest Florida Daily NewsIt is encouraging to see the budgets of the state House and Senate include funding for Florida Forever, the state land-acquisition program.
Tampa TribuneFor almost a decade, a problem with high arsenic levels in multiple wells in northwest Citrus County has been known.
Citrus County ChronicleThere is still much to do in Northwest Florida three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Pensacola News-JournalSecretary of State John Kerry flies to China, ostensibly to ward off a possible nuclear war, and talks about — global warming.
Biz Pac ReviewA 2011 study done by Friends of the Earth found that gasoline is cleaner than ethanol.
Palm Beach PostThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will consider having a 44-day fishing season for red snapper within state waters.
Miami HeraldFloridians can no longer trust the DEP to protect the environment and fairly enforce the rules.
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Letter To The Editor
Craig Pittman's article about how scientists are still learning from the Deepwater Horizon disaster points to a new study that shows the...
Tampa Bay Times
Now it's up to President Barack Obama: Will he back Scott's proposal or support the EPA's?
So far, citizens have sent more...
Tampa Bay Times
We face the greatest challenge humans have ever faced. To save our planet we must recognize the fiery future we face; fiercely oppose the greed...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
When other countries around the world have encountered disasters, Americans have always been the first to step up and dig into their pockets and...
TCPalm
Looking at Sandy, I realize there are some lessons we can take from this storm. So turn off the Weather Channel for a moment while we ponder the...
News-Sun, Sebring
Many areas of South Florida will be underwater in several decades as a result of global warming and rising sea levels. This is not an opinion, it...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Op Ed
While EPA is prepared to finalize these rules next year under its consent decree obligations, it is also prepared not to move forward and instead...
Gainesville Sun
Without the Upper Basin Project, water quality in downstream Brevard lakes would have declined significantly over the last 20 years with the many...
Gainesville Sun
While some progress is being made, it pales in comparison to what we need. The time to invest in technology and policy development that addresses...
News Press of Fort Myers
Having moved back to New York about a month ago, I thought I had left behind all the hurricane angst I had become too accustomed to living in...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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