More Florida Manatees Have Died So Far This Year Than in All of 2017
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PEER | August 21, 2018
From: Orlando Sentinel “We expect the red tide related manatee death toll to rise,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a D.C.-based nonprofit. “We suspect there are a number of carcasses that have not been reported yet.&# ...
In the First Eight Months of the Year, the Number of Manatee Deaths in Florida Has Surpassed the Total for All of 2017
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From: CNN “In just the first eight months of the year, the number of manatee deaths in Florida has surpassed the total for all of 2017, according to a report by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Some 540 manatees died through Aug. 12 compared with 538 manatee ...
Bill Nelson, Rick Scott point fingers at each other about Florida’s environmental woes
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PEER | August 20, 2018
From: Florida Today “According to Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection opened some 1,600 investigations into potential environmental violations in 2010, the year Scott was elected to office. By 2017, that ...
Manatee Deaths in 2018 Already Top Last Year’s High Toll
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Nearly 100 Red Tide-related Deaths so Far; Second-highest Total This Decade ...
America Losing the War for Clean Water
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PEER | August 17, 2018
More Than Half of U.S. Rivers and Two-Thirds of Lakes and Reservoirs Impaired ...