Tag: clean water
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Florida! Let the Good Times Roll!

“*SEVEN MONTHS OF DRINKING WATER: The amount of Lake Okeechobee water drained east and west and out to sea was enough to supply about seven months of drinking water for the nearly seven million people in Palm Beach County, Broward County, Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys. Water plants in southeast Florida churn out about…
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Water Inc: The Water Story of Bolivia. Aqua Para Todos

What do you even know about Bolivia? I know this: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid may or may not have died there.
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Florida Back Roads: Kissimmee River Restoration

The Kissimmee River arises in Osceola County as the outflow from East Lake Tohopekaliga, passing through Lake Tohopekaliga, Lake Cypress, Lake Hatchineha and Lake Kissimmee. Below Lake Kissimmee, the river forms the boundary between Osceola County and Polk County, between Highlands County and Okeechobee County, and between Glades County and Okeechobee County before it flows…
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HERBERT HOOVER DIKE REHABILITATION STRUCTURE REPLACEMENT

The Herbert Hoover Dike is expected to fail.
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The Destruction of FLorida: DInner Island Ranch

A little while back Jules and I traveled down to STA 5 and 6 where we were dismayed to find not a lot of water going anywhere but over to US Sugar lands.
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Bring it on Home: The Pacific Legal Foundation and Martin County.

Look who is right here in our hood! Bring it on home! Let James help you cause we sure do got dem blues! A love affair with the Pacific Legal Foundation and the Economic Council of Martin County. Wow! Who would have thunk?
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The very funny local Liberty Caucus. Striped men in tights.

Yesterday I had to laugh because if I just had clean water I probably wouldn’t even be sitting here on my day off computing. I would be in the water.
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Who is the Pacific Legal Foundation and why are our Panthers, Manatees and Bears their Business?

The Pacific Legal Foundation is a Sacramento, California-based legal organization that was established March 5, 1973 [1] to support pro-business causes. In recent years, it has taken a lead in pursuing anti-affirmative action policies.
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Big Sugar Summit: Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics

Its website, OpenSecrets.org, allows users to track federal campaign contributions and lobbying by lobbying firms, individual lobbyists, industry, federal agency, and bills. Other resources include the personal financial disclosures of all members of the U.S. Congress, the president, and top members of the administration.”
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Big Sugar Summit: Julia Hathaway, Is Big Sugar Burning Your Lungs?

Julia Hathaway speaking at the Sierra Club Florida Big Sugar Summit regarding sugar cane burning.