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12-24-2008
With the 2009 Florida Legislative session still several months away, State Senator, Dave Aronberg, whose district includes parts of Southwest Florida, has already filed a bill to increase penalties for mangrove destruction. WGCU’s John Davis reports.
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12-22-2008
The Everglades and Lake Okeechobee both get plenty of attention both here in the U-S as well as around the world. Now there’s a group that wants that kind of attention on the Big Cypress National Preserve. They’re banking on a four year film project to accomplish that goal. Luis Hernandez has more...
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11-21-2008
It looks like the state of Florida has some 11th hour competition in its plan to purchase most of the land owned by U.S. Sugar for Everglades restoration. Doug Phillips reports.
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10-31-2008
Water managers are looking at a relatively new technology used to remove phosphorous from water as a promising way to clean up Lake Okeechobee. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.
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10-28-2008
Governor Charlie Crist is hailing the recently announced partnership to spend about 600-million dollars to help clean up the St. Johns River. Kevin Meerschaert reports.
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10-22-2008
Part of Governor Charlie Crist’s bold air pollution goal was to copy California’s stricter standards to reduce the amount of Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. Florida’s Environmental Regulation commission will vote on those standards next week, and both sides are gearing up for the debate...
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10-19-2008
There are some very simple things you can do to live greener. Some of them are simply financially practical in nature, and those are the ones that interest me the most. Recycling for example, helps the economy as a whole by saving money in reusing plastic and paper so that the raw materials don't...
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10-17-2008
Governor Charlie Crist’s “Action Team on Climate and Energy” recently released a set of recommendations exceeding Crist’s own greenhouse gas reduction goals. Team members say the state has much to lose if their recommendations aren’t implemented. Trimmel Gomes reports.
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10-13-2008
Water from Lake Okeechobee did not quit flowing into the Caloosahatchee River and Indian River Lagoon as planned this weekend. As Jill Roberts tells, water managers say the releases will last as long as necessary.
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10-13-2008
A tight money market and tough times for taxpayers have some questioning if now is the best time to spend more than 1.5 billion dollars to buy U.S. Sugar's land to help restore the Everglades. Bobbie O’Brien reports.