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Florida's water problems won't go away until our sugar problem does

Election Results: Reversal in Key Race?

November 8, 2018

Bullsugar.org voters helped clean water politicians from both parties score impressive victories on Tuesday. Even as sugarcane-funded candidates spent millions to protect key offices for their big donors, water policy influenced nearly every race. One in particular might still turn on water issues.…

Sweetwater: A Film by Spencer Miller

Sweetwater: A Film by Spencer Miller

November 5, 2018

Talented documentary filmmakers weave complex issues into stories you can’t look away from. Spencer Miller does even more with Sweetwater: He tells a deeply personal, sad, and ultimately hopeful story about the decline of South Florida’s waterways and the fight…

Guest Post: Toxic Caldwell

October 30, 2018

Agriculture Commissioner candidate Matt Caldwell’s policies may be more responsible for this year’s toxic blooms than any other Florida politician’s. TOXIC CALDWELL By Ray Judah The statewide Republican primary for Commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services…

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Holly Raschein’s Anti-Water Voting Record

October 29, 2018

Holly Raschein has spent a career voting to gut hundreds of millions from Everglades protection funding, voted multiple times to delay cleanup of Lake Okeechobee (the source of toxic green algae plaguing our waters), advocates for letting polluters off the hook from paying to…

Toxic algae nearly killed Costa, a 4-year-old golden retriever

Poisoned by the River: Toxic Algae and the Fight to Save Dogs on the St. Lucie

October 25, 2018

Ashley Guzi spent the night of September 1st waiting for the news that Costa, her four-year-old golden retriever, was dead. She stared at her phone, thinking about how she’d tell her children. Meanwhile the staff at Pet Emergency of Martin…

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Game Changer: Experts Say The Stop Harmful Discharge Act Can Help Right Away

October 18, 2018

Congressman Brian Mast recently introduced the Stop Harmful Discharges Act (HR 6700).  It is a potential game-changer for Everglades Restoration. Bullsugar.org was honored to be part of the team that worked on the bill. The bill’s language is simple, but…

The results of 50 years of politics-as-usual are washing up on Florida's beaches

Water Should Be Above Politics. Why Isn’t It?

October 11, 2018

Hurricane Michael reminds us there are more important things than politics. But as we also know, natural and man-made disasters are politicized too, including this hurricane and the recently authorized EAA Reservoir, which passed the Senate yesterday 99-1 as part…

Erin Brockovich and Brian Mast joined Bullsugar.org to fight for clean water

Vote Water: Bullsugar Endorsements and Voter Guides Are Live

October 4, 2018

Bullsugar.org Voter Guides are now live at bullsugar.org/vote. We need your help: Please share them with everyone you know who cares about clean water. The guides are organized by county, they include Democrats and Republicans committed to solving Florida’s water…

Vote Water: Bullsugar.org 2018 Voter Guides

Bullsugar.org Releases Voter Guides, Endorses Bill Nelson

October 3, 2018

For Immediate Release: October 3—Stuart, Florida—Clean water advocacy Bullsugar.org today announced its endorsement of Sen. Bill Nelson for US Senate, and the release of its bi-partisan voter guides for the 2018 general elections. Bullsugar.org’s voter guides identify candidates committed to policymaking…

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GUEST POST: Remembering Rick Scott: Farewell, My Muse

October 2, 2018

John Moran has spent years capturing Florida at it’s most picturesque as a photographer and water advocate based in Gainesville. Lately he’s found himself shooting the state in a whole different light. Toxic slime-covered shores have taken the place of clear,…

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