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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…
The future of Florida’s water can take a different direction depending on the outcome of any of these four uncertainties: 1. Nikki Fried’s campaign says her team–with the help of Bullsugar.org voters–has ousted Matt Caldwell from Florida politics. Called one…
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.…
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…