Renzo DowneyDecember 28, 2019
4min414
They say a lower court already sufficiently answered the amendment's intended meaning.
Tag: Florida Defenders of the Environment
Renzo DowneyDecember 28, 2019
Jim RosicaJuly 11, 2018
6min412
Saying he violated their constitutional rights “in multiple ways, and over repeated objections,” House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron asked a Tallahassee judge to remove himself from future proceedings in an environmental funding case. The legislative leaders filed their disqualification request with Circuit Judge Charles Dodson earlier this week. On June 28, […]
Jim RosicaDecember 5, 2016
4min613
Plaintiffs challenging the state’s environmental funding under a new constitutional amendment agreed to join forces Monday. An array of environmental advocacy groups had filed suit over the Water and Land Legacy Amendment, also known as Amendment 1. The constitutional change, approved by voters in 2014, mandates state spending for land and water conservation. But advocates, […]
Phil AmmannApril 11, 20166min279
Earlier this month I stood in breathless awe, witnessing a “miracle” of modern technology – a wild-running Elwha River in northwestern Washington State. I consider it a wonder because just 10 years ago the Elwha was a river in trouble. Dammed in two places in the early 1900s for hydroelectric power generation, the river had […]