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BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT 2018 – STATE SUMMARY

May 24, 2018

Article Reference: National Biosolids Data Project In Florida… Most wastewater solids (sewage sludges) are treated to make biosolids and are applied to soils. In 2018, about half were treated to the highest quality standard, a special “Class AA” designation under…

Rep. Matt Caldwell changed his look to run for Florida Agriculture Commissioner

Who Would Defend the Right to Pollute?

May 24, 2018

The Right to Pollute is worth billions, especially the right to pollute a national park. That means there’s money to be made defending that right. Champions of pollution build careers and fortunes helping private industry destroy public places, and few…

The links between sugar policy and Florida's water are becoming widely known

Today’s Sugar Reform Vote Suddenly Became National News

May 17, 2018

Welcome to the sugar policy awakening of 2018! Today’s vote in the House means more than just refining an old government program. Not long ago few people paid attention to this giveaway tucked inside the Farm Bill. Today, with a…

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Sugar Policy Modernization is Good for the Everglades

May 12, 2018

The Alliance for Fair Sugar Policy is calling out sugar production in Florida for its role in polluting the greater Everglades ecosystem, costing taxpayers millions of dollars in restoration efforts. 

Florida's coastal waters share conditions that produced Chesapeake Bay dead zones

Ecology of a Dead Zone

May 10, 2018

Tony Friedrich never wanted to be an expert on how nutrient pollution strangles an estuary. But he never had a choice, either. He’s been studying the Chesapeake as long as he can remember, watching dead zones spread through one of…

Managing Florida's water for sugarcane production has been a disaster

Help! Sugar Reform Coming Up for Vote

May 3, 2018

Don’t underestimate the importance of Treasure Coast congressman Brian Mast’s pledge to support Sugar Program reform this week. It’s the latest confirmation that clean water politics are forcing lawmakers to confront the sugarcane industry’s impact on Florida. Until now, for…

Marco Rubio hugs Florida Crystals' Pepe Fanjul,

Will You Take Sugar Money? Voters are Asking.

April 26, 2018

Florida politics changed this week, quietly but profoundly. Candidates for governor have declared–on the record–whether they will accept donations from the sugarcane industry. That makes sugar money a statewide election issue in 2018, pushing two billionaire families and their sprawling businesses…

Palm Beach Post: Lake Point morphed from polo-themed real estate development to rock mine

SFWMD: Do *NOT* Ask to See Public Records

April 19, 2018

The South Florida Water Management District is cracking down on citizens who ask too many questions. The state agency recently threatened legal action against 16 people requesting details on its multi-million-dollar deal with a Martin County mining operation. And when…

Fish Kill, IRL

Red Tide by Jerry Kustich

April 12, 2018

Jerry Kustich’s books (including his latest, Holy Water) offer contemplative, insightful meditations on the peace and beauty of fly fishing. But this piece is different. Kustich grew up watching pollution destroy fisheries in his backyard and across the nation, and now…

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2018’s Legislative Water Woes

April 5, 2018

This legislative session’s anti-clean-water proposals are going to affect your life. Here’s how.   Toilet-to-tap: HB 1149 Not a fan of birth control in your drinking water? Too bad. As populations explode statewide, demand for water supply grows and not…

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