Florida’s Water Crisis Has Sport Fishing on the Brink of Collapse
Fecal matter, killer algae, too much water, not enough water – Florida’s hydrological disaster is killing its legendary inshore fishing. “It’s not just human waste …
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Red tide suspected in dolphin deaths
The red tide continues to wreak havoc on the marine environment in Florida. Dolphins appear to be the latest victim in Southwest Florida, as 22 have washed up …
“You guys have the f*&%ing Skittles of Algae”
Roy Wood Jr. and Michael Kosta go into “Miami Vice” mode to investigate a toxic algae epidemic threatening South Florida’s beaches.
Toxic Lake
For months in 2016, Lake Okeechobee’s fertilizer-infused water turned South Florida’s waters the color of coffee and smothered its inlets under a fetid blanket of …
SB 10 Passes House and Senate!
The Florida House of Representatives followed the lead of the Senate and passed Senate Bill 10. This bill provides $800 million in funding to create …
Sallie James discusses sugar subsidies
Pardon the pun but the sugar industry gets a sweet deal courtesy of US taxpayers. Why is the sugar lobby so powerful? Despite being only …
Sugar’s (too?) sweet political deal
Here’s how a relatively small industry manages to win big in Washington and short change the Everglades.
Photos that will make you want to save the Everglades
If the current state of environmental affairs in the Everglades was not enough to convince you to take action on their behalf, this TED talk …
Everglades Short Documentary
Everglades Short Documentary from Captains for Clean Water Perhaps ASA should take a page out of the Peter Metcalf and Yvon Chouinard playbook and pull …