Clearing up Delray Beach’s water issues

by South Florida Sun Sentinel | November 26, 2020
“In our embattled “Village by the Sea,” everything is political now — whether it’s sea grape trimming, the very public dismissal of our city manager or even our water quality. At this point, it’s hard to tell if this divisiveness is causing or resulting from repeated shake- ...

State health department orders Delray Beach to test city water for level of ‘forever’ chemicals

by Palm Beach Post | November 25, 2020
“The state Department of Health has ordered the city of Delray Beach to test its drinking water throughout next year to detect the level of cancer-causing “forever” chemicals known as PFAS. An environmental watchdog group, Florida Public Employees for Environmental ...

Gretsas Faces His Own Black Friday This Week

by Boca Raton Magazine | November 19, 2020
“As I wrote Tuesday, Long serves on the city’s planning and zoning board and also is board chairman of the Palm Beach County Soil and Water Conservation District. Long used his district email account to send a recent finding by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility that ...

Delray Beach gives planning board member one last chance to retract water-quality comments

“City Commissioners agreed Tuesday to take the unprecedented action of removing Planning and Zoning Board member Rob Long next month if he refuses to retract statements concerning Delray Beach‘s water quality. At issue was a column Long wrote about a recent news release issued ...

Trump appoints adviser to Chemical Safety Board

by E&E News | November 18, 2020
“President Trump quietly appointed a new senior adviser to the federal agency responsible for investigating industrial chemical accidents — a surprise move late in the president’s lame-duck term. “This looks like an effort by the Trump administration to get someone &# ...
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