Florida's Miccosukee Tribe Says Not So Fast

Florida water managers say water running from conservation areas into the Everglades is cleaner than ever.

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“This is one of the most successful environmental projects in the history of the world,” South Florida Water Management District board member Jim Moran

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But the Miccosukee Tribe, which won a landmark case forcing the state to clean water, said the district continues to exclude polluted water on tribal land from monitoring reports.

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“You’re showing deceptive information and everybody wants to sing Kumbaya. Let’s take the sample today and you tell me that’s the truth.” Truman “Gene” Duncan, the tribe’s water resource director. here

Everglades Is Most Critically Endangered Site in US

Ever since white people moved to Florida, the Everglades has been under almost relentless assault. After being drained and developed, polluted with fertilizers, and overrun by invasive species, it's no secret that today the vast wetland is on life support. more

Texas Company Seeks To Renew Permit To Continue To Destroy The Big Cypress National Preserve

Texas oil company Burnett Oil has asked state environmental regulators to allow crews to resume their hunt for oil beneath Big Cypress National Preserve despite deep muddy ruts and damaged trees left behind by the company's earlier work in the spring. here

Trump: The Everglades President

Marco Rubio has encouraged Trump to support Everglades restoration. 

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"You have a chance to go down as the Everglades president," the Florida Republican told Trump as they flew to Miami in June. here

City of Miramar's Contradiction!

Mayor 
Wayne M. Messam
Commissioner
Yvette Colbourne
Commissioner
 Maxwell B. Chambers
Commissioner
Darline B. Riggs
(Lower right, only one voting against it.) 

They are in favor of the Paris Climate Agreement but want to destroy 120 acres of the Everglades. here 

Feds Clear The Way For Texas To Destroy The Everglades

A federal judge cleared the way for a Texas company to expand oil exploration in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The destruction has already begun. They’re cutting down trees and creating ruts. You can see the impacts on the soil and those do not go away. There will be lasting impacts on a large portion 

of the preserve. here

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Destructive Seismic Exploration Set To Start In The Everglades

Despite ongoing lawsuit, destructive seismic exploration set to start in Big Cypress’

 sensitive wetlands. here

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The Burnett Oil Company has set March 27 as the date they will begin the process of surveying for oil and gas resources beneath 

Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, even as a federal judge has yet to rule whether the work can proceed.

Prevent the Loss of One of Florida’s Most Popular National Wildlife Refuges

The state of Florida is attempting to take back one of America's National Wildlife Refuges. The Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge provides critical habitat to 250 species of birds, including the largest wading bird colony in the Everglades with more than 7,000 active nests. here

Nasty Texas Pollutes The Everglades

 A contractor hired to monitor closing of a controversial fracking site found evidence that Texas-based Dan A. Hughes Co. illegally dumped more than 100 barrels of oil waste into its former well. here

The Keys Paying The Fox To Guard The Hen House

Monroe County commissioners, on record endorsing a freshwater storage area south of Lake Okeechobee to improve water flows into the Everglades, want to know where their paid lobbyist stands.

Commissioner Danny Kolhage said at Wednesday’s meeting in Key West that he would not vote to keep Tallahassee lobbyist Frank Bernardino’s firm on a county contract.

“They represent Big Sugar,” Kolhage said of the firm. “That’s an inherent conflict and I cannot vote for it.” here

Florida GOP Anitere Flores: Bought And Paid For By Big Oil

Florida Strong, has issued a statement calling Flores "bought and paid for" by "big oil" because she hadn't taken a stand against Big Cypress drilling. She  also voted for HB 1219, which would have allowed drilling in Florida's nearshore coastal waters. Big Oil companies including Exxon, Spectra and others have poured cash into Flores’s campaigns over the years. here

Texas Polluters To Invade The Everglades

A Texas company won approval Friday to explore for oil at Big Cypress National Preserve. The work would take place across 70,000 acres straddling Alligator Alley about 10 miles west of the Broward County line, a region of cypress and pine forest, swamps and wet prairies that's home to Florida panthers, black bears and much more wildlife. here

Floridians Walking Across The Everglades

The Everglades is ailing, so dozens of Floridians will walk 80 miles across the system to highlight things they say are destroying everything from wildlife habitat to sacred burial grounds. here

Florida GOP Thinks You Are Stupid

They think they can hide the state's afflicted waters, the massively polluted Lake Okeechobee, by shoving it into the Everglades. here

Florida Frakers: Ddisaster For The Everglades

Environmentalists are warning of a potential ecological disaster for the Everglades if state lawmakers approve a measure that would open the door to fracking in the sensitive wetlands. here

Don't Mess With The Everglades

Crab Alliance leader Karen Dwyer, of Naples, leads a rally Tuesday at the Big Cypress National Preserve welcome center against a proposal to conduct seismic testing for oil in the preserve. Almost 80 opponents attended a national Park Service meeting afterward about the proposal by Texas-based Burnett Oil. here

The Collapse Of Florida Bay

The body of water between the Everglades and the Keys that was once teeming with wildlife, may be on the verge of collapse. Last week, scientists reported that miles of sea grass have died in the bay in recent months, leaving behind a stinky smell and a cloud of yellow sulfide. The die-off is likely to be the start of a larger “toxic algae bloom,” which could bring disastrous effects to one of South Florida’s greatest environmental treasures. here

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The truth is that Florida Bay's latest catastrophe is just the latest in a long list of environmental disasters that have plagued South Florida over the last 90 years, ever since engineers and businessmen began to cut off the flow of water from Lake Okeechobee to the Florida Bay to construct the 76-mile Tamiami Trail — the road that runs from Miami to Naples.

Broward County: No To Oil Drilling In The Everglades

The South Florida Wildlands Association says that 20 Broward County municipalities have passed resolutions that oppose Kanter Realty's application to drill for 

oil in the Everglades. here 

No Oil Drilling In The Everglades

Oil drilling has been proposed in the eastern Everglades, and we need your help to stop it. This permit, if approved, not only threatens Everglades restoration, but also local wildlife and south Florida’s drinking water. The application by Kanter Real Estate would allow for a five acre oil pad in southwest Broward County, with drilling to a depth of 11,800 feet, running around the clock for up to 80 days.

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Stop Oil Drilling In The Big Cypress National Preserve

A newly proposed project from a Texas oil company, threatens to irreversibly alter the character of the protected area and turn essential habitat into just another oil field crisscrossed with roads and dotted with drill pads. The company has asked for permission to begin seismic surveying -- which itself will require the removal of trees and destruction of habitat on 70,000 acres. Limited drilling is already permitted in the preserve, but this project is unprecedented in its scale and must be stopped. If oil and gas is found, all risks will mushroom. here