climate change

SUGAR SUED: Florida Crystals target of class-action suit claiming company misleads on climate change

March 26, 2025

A California woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Florida Crystals, claiming the company’s practice of sugarcane burning contradicts claims that its farming practices fight climate change. As the Palm Beach Post reports, “The lawsuit, filed on behalf of California…

Deep Dive: The growing threat of Vibrio vulnificus

January 17, 2025

One day — Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, to be exact — Steve Zelenski was in a boat checking stone crab traps on the Indian River Lagoon just west of the House of Refuge near Stuart. Four days later, the 68-year-old…

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