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The Grass Is Half Empty EPA and Florida sucking at Everglades cleanup, says judge		29 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 4:57 PM on 29 Jul 2008 Florida and the U.S. EPA have been skewered by a federal judge for their Everglades cleanup efforts (or rather, lack thereof). In 2003, Florida pushed back a deadline for reducing phosphorus pollution in the River of Grass from 2006 to 2016. By doing so, the state "violated its fundamental commitment and promise to protect the Everglades," U.S. District Judge Alan Gold ru ...
Topics: Florida, habitat protection, litigation, national parks, news, regulation, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

Phosphorus For Us Sick of algae-polluted water, Florida groups sue EPA		18 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 1:55 PM on 18 Jul 2008 A flock of Florida green groups has sued the U.S. EPA, seeking state and national water-pollution standards for fertilizer runoff from factory farms. Nitrogen and phosphorus flow from agricultural operations into many Florida waterways (among other places), triggering algae blooms which suck oxygen from the water and kill off marine life. Exposure to the algae, which contaminates many drinkin ...
Topics: agriculture, Florida, litigation, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Man Hatin' Transfer EPA declines to regulate polluted water transfers		02 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Man Hatin' Transfer EPA declines to regulate polluted water transfers Corporate farms and other businesses would not need to obtain a Clean Water Act permit in many water-transfer cases, under a rule proposed by the U.S. EPA yesterday. The rule would apply regardless of how polluted the water is -- but hey, corporate farming always produces clean water, right? Coincidentally, only not, the EPA proposal comes during ...
Topics: Florida, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

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