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WLRN has been examining what happened to Floridaâs promise to restore the Everglades with a massive plan approved in 2000. These are some of the people whoâve spent decades waiting for progress. Those hit hardest measure losses in their checkbooks and family businesses â or even their homelands. Others have devoted their careers to getting restoration done right.
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A judge asked attorneys in the case pitting the Everglades Foundation against its former chief scientists to submit recommended sentences on Friday, which could include up to a year in jail.
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In 2000, the U.S. set out on one of the most ambitious environmental projects ever attempted: to wind back the clock and make the Everglades function like it once did â in 1900. The plan could have given Florida a 20-year head start on climate change, but that didn't happen. Listen to WLRN's new podcast series Bright Lit Place.
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In its most recent progress report on Everglades restoration, the National Academies of Sciences warned Florida that cleaning water remains a 'significant challenge.'
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Overturning the veto clears the way for warehouses on coastal land targeted for Everglades restoration. South Florida water managers have been asked to intervene.
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Under the confidential settlement, hydrologist Tom Van Lent agreed not to surrender electronic devices and not discuss matters the Everglades Foundation considers confidential, including research and strategies.
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We discuss our July Sundial Book Club pick, and why some consider âThe Everglades: River of Grassâ one of the most important books written in the last 100 years.
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The foundation's attorneys plan to ask a judge to hold scientist Tom Van Lent in contempt of court today for failing to return research or allowing them to inspect computer equipment.
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The money was included in a 2023 budget unveiled Monday.
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The measure had drawn opposition from Gov. Ron DeSantis and critics such as fishing guides who raced to the Capitol to appear in the Senate gallery. A leader of one group said the changes removed the âworst of the worstâ in a bill that opponents argued was being rammed through the legislative process.
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The Federal Government is pumping more than one billion dollars into Everglades restoration. Environmental advocates say itâs a big deal for the river of grass and Floridaâs struggling manatees.
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A prominent feature of the $1.1 billion in Everglades funding recently announced by the Biden administration will show up in southwestern Broward County.