Environment – Page 8 – Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

Conectados Costa Serena y el impuesto de Santini

November 6, 2012

El impuesto a la construcción del Municipio de San Juan, con el mal uso del Programa de Transferencia de Derechos de Desarrollo (TDD), tiene una conexión directa con el fallido proyecto mega hotelero Costa Serena de Piñones.

In Summer, Toxic Blue-Green Algae Blooms Plague Freshwater

September 17, 2012

Jessica Marshall: Blue-green algae blooms have closed lake beaches or led to swimming advisories in waters nationwide, including Florida’s Caloosahatchie River.

In Sugar Price Supports, Sour Tastes for Consumers

September 9, 2012

Big Sugar spends big to protect a price support system that costs consumers about $2 billion every year in increased food costs.

Slideshow: Big Sugar in the Everglades Agricultural Area

September 9, 2012

Amy Green: Ending the sugar program could harm impoverished Florida communities including Belle Glade and Pahokee.

El sabor agrio del apoyo al precio del azúcar

September 9, 2012

Amy Green: El sector azucarero invierte fuerte para proteger un sistema de apoyo a los precios que les cuesta a los consumidores unos $2,000 millones al año en costos adicionales de alimentación.

Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us

June 22, 2012

ProPublica: In South Florida, 20 of the nation's most stringently regulated disposal wells failed in the early 1990s, releasing partly treated sewage into aquifers that may one day be needed to supply Miami's drinking water.