Tag: The Everglades

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2018
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Rick Scott is blaming his Democratic opponent Bill Nelson for the harmful algae blooms devastating Lake Okeechobee and Florida’s coasts, according to a new TV and internet commercial from Scott’s Senate campaign. “Experts agree: Washington controls the dike at Lake O, so they have to fix it. And so we wait for Washington,” the commercial declares, as CBS News footage […]

Scott PowersJuly 27, 2018
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The Everglades Foundation has hired Shannon Estenoz to be its chief operating officer and vice president for policy and programs, as well as four others into senior staff-level positions, the organization announced Friday. Estenoz, a Broward County resident, has worked 21 years in environmental policy and advocacy, most recently at the U.S. Department of the Interior, […]

Scott PowersOctober 10, 2017
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham on Tuesday blasted a state decision to renew an oil exploration permit in the Big Cypress National Preserve in the Everglades. Graham, a former congresswoman from Tallahassee, criticized the decision by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to renew the exploration permit for Burnett Oil Co. of Texas, and for […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 3, 2016
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The Clewiston-based U.S. Sugar Corp. has unveiled a new website, highlighting the work it does to protect the environment in the South Florida lands it plies to satisfy the nation’s sweet tooth. The new site, found at www.USSugar.com, outlines the company’s sugarcane and citrus operations and tells the story of its ongoing efforts to combine innovation […]


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