If the state approves, Southwest Florida Water Management District is planning to spend $1.8 billion in the next two decades to clean up lakes in eight Central Florida counties. ...more

October 27, 2008

In June, Gov. Charlie Crist announced that Florida would buy one of the state's two big sugar enterprises, the United States Sugar Corp. He billed the purchase as a "jump-start" in the environmental restoration of the Everglades, which cane growers are accused of polluting with fertilizer runoff. ...more

September 15, 2008

Last week we became historic witnesses to what once seemed remote and unimaginable. Immediately a few uninformed critics began trying to spin our brightest moment into something dark and cynical. ...more

June 29, 2008

The Florida Legislature ended its annual session yesterday following a final week devoted to farewells and back-slapping even as lawmakers acknowledged the tough choices they were forced to make in a brutal budget year. ...more

May 3, 2008

Federal officials have some explaining to do about what's going on with the restoration of the Everglades, the hydrological heart of South Florida. ...more

December 1, 2007