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Has there ever been a harsher contrast in leadership than what Florida saw last week from the Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District and from former governor Bob Graham? Confronted with a litany of catastophic failures and…
More conservation groups are standing up for clean water, refusing to wait decades for Florida to build itself out of this water management crisis. Calusa Waterkeeper John Cassani says it plainly: the time for bold action cannot wait. Introducing federal legislation…
We made history this year. Never before has clean water inspired political debate, media coverage, or public discussion the way it did in Florida in 2018. For the first time federal lamakers and agencies enter a new year being held…
Without Lake Okeechobee discharges feeding toxic blooms, the water on both Florida coasts is clearing up, like a Christmas gift from water management agencies. Memories of the sight–and smell–of death and slime piling up on our shorelines are starting to…
Lost in the outcry to replace the SFWMD Board of Governors over its attempt to sneak in one last sugarcane land deal at taxpayers’ expense before the Rick Scott era ends is another reason to replace the board: Its announcement…
The South Florida Water Management District’s board of governors got an earful from the public last week after sneaking through a deal to lease the EAA reservoir property to a sugarcane company. So the district responded to critical emails from…
USGS scientists may have solved a pivotal toxic algae mystery in the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries. Why are cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Okeechobee more toxic when the Army Corps flushes them to the coasts? Why is the microcystis that people…
We need your help. Supporters like you have made Bullsugar one of the most impactful forces in Florida’s fight for clean water, and today, Giving Tuesday, we’re asking for donations to help us keep winning in 2019. This has been a…
“Never has one elected official so blatantly sold out his community and left a legacy of destruction of our precious and fragile water resources.” FAREWELL, MR. CALDWELL By Ray Judah After eight years of sponsoring legislation designed to undermine water…
Thank you so much. Because of Bullsugar supporters, the fight for clean water is on a new path. A year ago we celebrated effort and possibilities. The passion of a few dedicated people pushed Florida’s water crises into the open and…