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Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2014

Florida’s geology, topography and watercourses are like no other state, dominated by vast floodplains along the coast and myriad wetlands, rivers, streams and lakes inland. Virtually all of these features are connected underground by our precious aquifer system through sandy soils and porous limestone. Because Florida’s elevation is only slightly above sea level and relatively […]

Bruce RitchieSeptember 11, 2014

NEW ORLEANS — Kristin Jacobs is carrying a message to Tallahassee and the rest of the nation that South Florida residents are concerned about climate change and sea-level rise and local governments are taking action. Jacobs is a Broward county commissioner who in August won the Democratic primary for Florida House District 96 and faces […]

Diane RobertsAugust 21, 2014

When he’s not dodging questions about his trip to the King Ranch, Congressman Steve Southerland is touting a bill to help struggling polluters. See, that socialist Clean Water Act messes with his BFFs at Florida Power and Light, the Florida Farm Bureau, and the Homebuilders Association. Dagnabbit, somebody has to stand up for run-off! Southerland’s […]

Guest AuthorOctober 13, 2013

On Oct. 1, Key West thumbed its collective nose at cruise ships and turned its back on an almost $90 million annual revenue stream. By saying “no” to a feasibility and environmental impact study, voters made it clear: no study, no dredging, no widening, no cruise ships — and while you’re at it, no ticky-tacky […]

Tag: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Tom Feeney: Proposed EPA water rules are too costly for Fla. governments

Bruce Ritchie: Kristin Jacobs says South Florida takes climate change seriously

Diane Roberts: Southerland and the Clean Water Act: Somebody has to stand up for run-off

Linda Grist Cunningham: Key West risks long-term economic decline