Write plain-English rules to save Florida’s natural springs now
Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board Florida’s freshwater springs need our help. We’ve abused them in recent decades. Lots of important...
Reject questionable South Dade development, commissioners. Everglades must come firstÂ
By the Miami Herald Editorial Board It would be easy for Miami-Dade County commissioners to dismiss environmentalists who are fighting...
DeSantis can rescue Florida’s wetlands. Will he?Â
By Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board When federal officials handed off authority over wetlands across Florida to the state, environmentalists worried...
Environmental bill falls short, deserves veto
By Palm Beach Post Editorial Board Gov. Ron DeSantis can cement his claim of being a pro-environmental governor by taking quick...
Save the seagrass, save the lagoon and save the manatees
By Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Over the past 16 months, the people fighting to save Florida’s gentle, beloved manatees have...
Florida officials deserve failing grade for the condition of many waterways
By TCPalm/Treasure Coast Newspapers Editorial Board Recently, TCPalm environmental reporter Max Chesnes asked a pointed question of five of Florida's top...
Two anti-Everglades bills deserve DeSantis vetoes
By South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Board Two bills that threaten the Everglades have not yet gone to Gov. Ron...
Gov. DeSantis took his MAGA hat off and put Floridians first. Finally
By The Miami Herald Editorial Board Gov. Ron DeSantis demonstrated in the past week that there are two ways to...
A Miami houseboat adapts to climate change. The owners might need to adapt, too — to taxes
By the Miami Herald Editorial Board The houseboat anchored off Miami Beach’s Star Island could easily fit into one of...
Big concessions to Big Sugar deserve a DeSantis veto
By the Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards What we called the worst environmental bill in state history is...
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