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The following is a guest post from a concerned Key West citizen regarding the Mayoral race between incumbent Teri Johnston and challenger Margaret Romero. Key West Mayor Teri Johnston has been on the front lines of local efforts to protect…
Big Sugar’s at it again. And if we want a more equitable plan for Lake Okeechobee which minimizes the chance of pulverizing discharges to the coasts, then we need to respond. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the…
Late last month we issued our voter guides for Florida’s Aug. 23 primary election. Between now and election day we reserve the right to update the guides as new information comes to light. We did just that today, in regards…
We told you last month that toxic blue-green algae — cyanobacteria — is proliferating across the country, the globe — and across Florida. Dozens of health alerts have been issued across the Sunshine State; in Cape Coral earlier this week…
Want to know why and how special interests almost always get their way in Florida, even when the public desperately wants to protect the natural environment? Look no further than the story reported by the Miami Herald this week. Reporter…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, Democratic Senate hopeful Val Demings, Republican Congressman Brian Mast and 15 other candidates at the federal, state and local level earned the endorsement of the environmental advocacy group VoteWater this week. “If we had more…
At VoteWater, we believe that Florida’s imperiled waterways are ultimately a political problem — requiring a political solution. That means better policies, which ultimately requires better politicians. Defending the status quo and the moneyed interests that benefit from it is…
What, exactly, is a wetland? Careful — the answer could result in a lot fewer of them. This fall the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that could gut federal oversight of the nation’s fragile wetlands and the critical…
The following is commentary by Ray Judah, a member of the VoteWater Board of Directors and a former Lee County Commissioner. Poor water quality in the Caloosahatche river and our coastal estuaries is a political problem and requires a political…
Blue-green algae is everywhere this summer. In Colorado Springs, officials are adding enzymes to the water to clear up annual blooms. In Kansas, officials over the 4th of July weekend warned residents to steer clear of 10 impaired water bodies.…