In the First Eight Months of the Year, the Number of Manatee Deaths in Florida Has Surpassed the Total for All of 2017

by Susan Sargent | August 21, 2018
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

by Susan Sargent | 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 ...

America Losing the War for Clean Water

by Susan Sargent | August 17, 2018
More Than Half of U.S. Rivers and Two-Thirds of Lakes and Reservoirs Impaired ...

Young: Is This the Moment of Truth For Trump’s EPA? No Way

From: My Stateman “A group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has sued under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the evidence that Pruitt used to support his claim that human activity is “not a primary” contributor to global warming. Yes, Team Trump. ...
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