Maybe it all is working exactly as designed. All of the Florida water “problems” are either created deliberately or are deemed acceptable tradeoffs for other higher priorities. Too much nitrogen contamination from septic tanks? That is just too bad, buddy, we … Continue reading
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The candidates running for the Republican Presidential nomination haven’t talked much about water so we must extrapolate from their other statements. We can expect policies like the following to appear on their websites soon: Never forget that the Second Amendment protects our right … Continue reading
Will the stale “states’ rights” rhetoric of some Florida’s politicians ever be toned down? Look, for example, at Attorney General Pam Bondi’s breathless press release about suing to overturn the recent EPA rule on “Waters of the United States.” She … Continue reading
Ideas about Florida water change over time. Until just a few decades ago, the primary human notion was to drain it away, get rid of it. (See, for example, “Land into Water, Water into Land.“) That utilitarian view is still important … Continue reading
Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, in a famous 1972 opinion, said that the court should grant environmental entities legal standing “to sue for their own preservation.” More recently, the Florida Center for Earth Jurisprudence has called for us to “recognize the … Continue reading