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The latest from the VoteWater front The VoteWater campaign hits the big screen with a statewide television campaign set to begin airing the first week of July on Fox Sports Sun. The commercial will air four times a week from…
Today, Bullsugar.org is proud to announce the debut of a new initiative, Vote Water, that will spearhead our clean-water voter guides for the 2020 election season. VoteWater.org is a nonpartisan, grassroots effort designed to help Floridians identify clean-water candidates committed…
Article reference: Poll: Floridians willing to pay for clean water; coalitions: here’s how they should do it Tyler Treadway, Treasure Coast Newspapers Published 5:00 p.m. ET April 18, 2020 | Updated 6:21 p.m. ET April 18, 2020 Florida voters cherish clean water and…
Article Reference: DeSantis Will Push 2020 Legislature to Toughen Fines for Municipal Sewage-Spillers By JOHN HAUGHEY THE CENTER SQUARE September 16, 2019 – 7:00am Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will ask the Legislature in 2020 to raise the state’s $10,000 fine…
Article Reference: Despite efforts to curb pollution, Escambia County still struggles with its haunted past Kevin Robinson, Pensacola News Journal Published 6:05 a.m. CT Nov. 20, 2019 | Updated 4:53 p.m. CT Dec. 4, 2019 Despite Escambia County’s outward beauty, our community…
Article Reference: ‘Clean Waterways Act’ passes Florida Senate; what does it mean for the state? FORT MYERS Lawmakers are trying to make sure another water crisis doesn’t happen to our state again. A new bill aims to make our waterways…
Article Reference: FDEP Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Program News & Announcements New! The department announces a public meeting to present and receive public comments on draft nutrient Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Lake Marion, Lake Pierce, and Lake…
Article Reference: Battle over phosphate mining roils small Florida town Phosphate mining is a major industry in Florida, but it’s also a major source of pollution, responsible for red tide, toxic algal blooms and killing wildlife. In the northern part…
Article Reference: Phosphate giant Mosaic agrees to pay nearly $2 billion over mishandling of hazardous waste By Craig Pittman PublishedOct. 2, 2015 Mosaic Fertilizer, the world’s largest phosphate mining company, has agreed to pay nearly $2 billion to settle a federal…
Article Reference: The Clock is Ticking on Florida’s Mountains of Hazardous Phosphate Waste By Craig Pittman 4/26/2017 at 2:28am Published in the May 2017 issue of Sarasota Magazine One of the largest fertilizer manufacturing plants in the world sits about six miles southwest of the Polk…