Tag: everglades trust
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Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay?
Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay? As always, if you have something to add please add it. What was penny a pound? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Everglades “Restoration of the Everglades, however, briefly became a bipartisan cause in national politics. A controversial penny-a-pound (2 cent/kg) tax on sugar was proposed to fund some…
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Get to Know Know Your SFWMD Board of Govenors: Daniel O’Keefe and Festivus
@SFWMD http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/xweb%20about%20us/governing%20board “The South Florida Water Management District is directed by nine Governing Board members who set policy for the agency. They reside within the agency’s 16-county region and represent a cross section of interests, including the environment, agriculture, local government, recreation and business. Governing Board members are unpaid citizen volunteers appointed by the Governor…
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SFWMD: ” You’ve been part of a propaganda campaign! ” US “hahahahah”
@SFWMD @PetersonMelanie SFWMD: You’ve been part of a propaganda campaign” Thank you Kenny Hinkle for this great video. This is great work. Last Thursday SFWMD voted to terminate the 46,000 acre option on the sugar lands where our reservoir was suppose to go. You know the one that was going clean and convey…
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DIrty Rats: SFWMD kicks us in the head
@SFWMD @JaxStrong @joenegronfl @RepMurphyFL @SteveCrisafulli Nail in the Coffin. http://www.tcpalm.com/franchise/indian-river-lagoon/health/sfwmd-board-to-discuss-likely-reject-us-sugar-land-buy_14943889 “WEST PALM BEACH — As expected, the South Florida Water Management District board Thursday rejected the proposal to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. land south of Lake Okeechobee. Board member Kevin Powers of Stuart made the motion to “irrevocably” terminate the option to buy 46,800 acres…
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May the fourth be with us! Toxic algae, discharging St Lucie locks. We must keep going!
@JaxStrong @BarackObama @joenegronfl @RepMurphyFL @SteveCrisafulli May the fourth be with you! Toxic algae, discharging St Lucie locks. On May 4th our friend Katy Lewey, river warrior, founder of the River Kidz of St Lucie and Indian River County put together a gathering so we could all be there when the locks open. They have been…
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Chalksy, the Eco Terrorist
#buytheland #sendcleanwatersouth #saveflwater #stopsaltwaterintrusion #acoe This is my friend Ezra. I met him at our first rally. He was “Mista Big Sugar” You can see him here in this video and you can also see that the locks were closed that day and they have been closed every single time we go out there. Except…
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Toxic Algae Eve : Protest: Buy the land! May 3. St Lucie Locks
@JaxStrong @SteveCrisafulli @JoeBiden #buytheland #sendcleanwatersouth #nomoredischarges #saveflwater #savetheeverglades On May 3 we had a protest. https://www.facebook.com/events/831962766840242/ ***VIDEO CHALLENGE AND PROTEST*** DEMAND CLEAN WATER! Meet us at Phipps park and we can all stand together! Ask your elected officials to CANCEL THE DISCHARGES and BUY THE LAND! This Sunday, make a video on your phone, make…
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Make the calls to buy the land!
I made my call.. Now you makes yours. Attention: Florida Senator Joe Negron @joenegronfl (850) 487-5032 #buytheland This past weekend I went to celebrate this little guys celebration of a complete rotation around the sun. I drove five hours to Anna Maria Island. The last hour sitting in traffic to get over the bridge to…
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