OPED from Friends of the Everglades Alan Farago, FOE president, 305-778-8765 Half a century ago Marjory Stoneman Douglas, founder of Friends of the Everglades, was fiercely skeptical of governmental efforts to restore the fading River of Grass without iron clad assurances to reverse harms done to the Everglades by misguided engineering and agricultural policies. The… Read the Rest»
(June 4, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Successful litigation initiated by Friends of the Everglades and co-plaintiff the Miccosukee Tribe appears to be yielding a new plan to restore the fabled River of Grass. A Clean Water Act lawsuit by Friends, brought against the US EPA in 2004, played a vital role in bringing the State… Read the Rest»
As a result of Friends’ legal action to control sugarcane pollution of the Everglades, EPA has scheduled a public hearing for March 13, 2012 from 6:00pm to 10:00pm at the South County Civic Center, 16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach, FL 33448. At that hearing, the Florida DEP will testify that EPA’s proposed permits should be… Read the Rest»
(For immediate release) Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals rejected an attempt by the State of Florida, sugarcane growers, and the South Florida Water Management District to block a federal EPA plan to protect the Everglades from cane farming pollution. EPA’s new plan to save the Everglades was mandated in 2010 by federal… Read the Rest»
In an April 25 ruling, US District Court Judge Alan Gold ruled the state of Florida has failed to protect the threatened Everglades and the US Environmental Protection Agency must step in to enforce anti-pollution rules. According to the Associated Press (April 26), “Gold set a July 1 deadline for EPA and others involved in… Read the Rest»
