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From: SF Weekly “Earlier this year, the EPA determined that as much as 97 percent of the data produced by Tetra Tech, the Navy contractor spearheading the former shipyard’s toxic cleanup for more than a decade, may have been falsified or manipulated. In May, two former Tetra Tech ...

From: Florida Sportsman “Scott began to dismantle the programs, standards and agencies whose purpose was to monitor and improve Florida’s water quality in its watersheds, rivers and Lake O, all of which flow into our oceans. Since 2011, when Scott got into office, the critical measures ...

From: Tampa Bay Times “Numbers like these also have to be taken into context with the possibly increasing size of the manatee population and local abundance variations from year to year,” she explained. “If more manatees hang out in more urban areas, one can assume that more ...

From: KSAT “If manatee deaths continue at this rate for the rest of the year, 10% of the manatee population will perish, the PEER report said. “Florida’s manatees have no defense against this ecological disaster,” PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said in a statement. ...

From: The Bulletin “As of Aug. 18, the most recent date for the running total, the Red Tide bloom had been verified as the cause of death for 29 manatees, and was suspected of killing another 74. That makes a total of 103 that appear to have fallen prey to the lingering toxic algae. Most ...

From: The Independent “We expect the red tide-related manatee death toll to rise,” Jeff Ruch, executive director for NGO Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told AP. “We suspect there are a number of carcasses that have not been reported yet.” Figures from the ...