No John’s Island Wastewater Effluent Pipe in the Lagoon Commentary by Paul Fafeita in TCPalm.com on February 19, 2019 We’re all well aware of the seemingly endless string of already-existing ...
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DeSantis Silent As Court Allows Oil Drilling in the Everglades Posted from FDP website on February 9, 2019 DeSantis Ran as a Champion of The Environment, but Goes Dark on Everglades ...
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Indian River Lagoon in Peril The Indian River Lagoon is struggling, according to Florida master naturalist Barbara Bromberg. Bromberg, a longtime volunteer at the Environmental Learning Center, spoke to members ...
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Water Quality Policies A Focus for New Governor Newly-elected Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced a new Executive Order focused on water policies, and asked for the immediate resignations of all ...
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Outdoors Columnist Tells Florida: “Rick Scott hates you.” Republican Gov. Rick Scott isn’t just running for Senate this fall. He’s also running away from his dismal environmental record, which includes ...
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NELSON, RUBIO CALL FOR PASSAGE OF WRDA BILL TO ADDRESS ALGAE CRISIS Aug 16, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today called on ...
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Indian River County Waterways Should be Included in the Florida Environmental State of Emergency The Democrats of Indian River unanimously passed a resolution at their August meeting calling for Governor ...
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As Bouts with Killer Algae Rose, Florida Gutted Its Water Quality Monitoring Network Posted by the Florida Democratic Party, August 7, 2018 “Gov. Rick Scott…ordered budget cuts to water-management agencies for ...
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Blue Cypress Lake, Indian River Lagoon Being Impaired by Human Waste There is a foul secret among some agriculture operations in Florida and it relates to what comes out of ...
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From the Indian River Guardian, April 9, 2018 Mark Shumann http://indianriverguardian.com/2018/04/09/lagoon-activist-urging-attendance-at-apri-12-meeting-on-spoonbill-marsh-issue/ Lagoon activist urging attendance at April 12 meeting on Spoonbill Marsh issue Stand up for your lagoon! We ...
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