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Betty Osceola Protests State Takeover

December 24, 2020 Aquifer Recharge, Federal Government Threats, Advocacy, THREATS, State Government Threats, Miscellaneous 2 Comments

Little by little the State of Florida is increasing its independence by power grabs such as this. A quick look at the recent history of the state’s protection of its waters and natural resources reveals […]

Disaster for Florida’s Imperiled Waters

December 19, 2020 THREATS, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quantity (Threats) Leave a Comment

Disastrous news for Florida’s already imperiled waters as the state now has the power to by-pass oversight from the EPA. Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection has failed during the last decades to protect […]

Nikki Fried Opposes DEP Takeover of Federal Oversight

November 9, 2020 State Government Threats Leave a Comment

FDACS Commissioner Fried echoed the overwhelming public sentiment that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection should definitely not take over the additional task of federal oversight of Clean Water Act protections for the State of […]

DEP’s Attempt to Grab More Power and Fastrack Permits —- Please Send In Comments

October 28, 2020 Advocacy, Federal Government Solutions, Governance, Legislation, & Regulation (Threats), State Government Threats, Miscellaneous Leave a Comment

The fancy name for this power grab is “Florida’s Request to Assume Administration of a Clean Water Act Section 404 Program,” but what it really means is the DEP’s bid to bypass the Army […]

Handing federal wetlands permitting to FL DEP is an idea that’s all wet

September 18, 2020 Environmental Threats, County Government Threats, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

Really, really bad news. Since the water enforcement policies in Tallahassee are rife, I mean rife, with politics, we can probably look forward to fast tracking of permits and more corruption as we have seen […]

Don’t by-pass the Army Corps

April 28, 2020 THREATS, State Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Development, Miscellaneous Leave a Comment

This is a plan by developers to fast track their projects because it would remove the Army Corps from any oversight and let the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) run wild and fill […]

Drilling Permit Application backlog Reaches 10,000 — Just Change The Rules

March 18, 2018 Environmental Threats, State Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Fossil Fuels, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

“If a rig’s scheduled, you might as well put them to work,” Hinchey said. “It certainly helps the state if they are doing that, not to mention the counties where they are drilling. That’s […]

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