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| Environment Florida applauds Governor Charlie Crist, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum for rejecting a proposal to move Miami-Dade’s Urban Development Boundary (UDB) and build a Lowe’s Superstore in protected wetlands. | |
| "This appeal could pave the way for more strip malls and subdivisions right on top of the Everglades," said Environment Florida Advocate Adam Rivera. "It's a shame that Lowe's chooses to persist with this unwise, unpopular development when the focus should be on restoring the River of Grass to its former glory." | |
| "Environment Florida and those we represent strongly oppose your proposed Superstore. We urge you to drop your proposal because the Everglades is far too valuable—and far too close to the brink of destruction—to put at risk." | |
| Environment Florida delivered the concerns of 10,000 South Floridians to the Board of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., regarding the major home improvement retailer’s proposal to build a Superstore in protected wetlands near the Florida Everglades. As the shareholder representative of Green Century Equity Funds, an environmentally responsible mutual fund, Environment Florida Advocate Adam Rivera addressed the Lowe’s Board at its Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and handed over 10,000 petition signatures from citizens opposing development in the Everglades. | |
| The Green Century Equity Fund, an environmentally focused mutual fund, has joined with Environment Florida to engage Lowe’s Companies, Inc., a major home improvement retailer, over the company’s efforts to build a big-box store in critical wetlands territory bordering the Florida Everglades | |
| As states face tight budgets in the economic downturn, a new report released by Environment Florida today draws on the experience of 15 states in securing reliable funding for open space programs. Among its key recommendations, Preserving Our Natural Heritage embraces bringing preservation measures directly to the voters - as is happening this fall in Minnesota, Ohio, Colorado, Georgia, and Florida. | |
| Logging and other threats to Florida’s national forests jeopardizes $7.9 billion per year in Florida business from transportation, lodging, equipment, and licenses for activities such as fishing, hunting, and wildlife watching, according to a new report released by Environment Florida. | |
| In a unanimous vote, the Florida Public Service Commission voted today to deny Florida Power & Light’s “Needs Determination” permit for the Everglades Coal Plant. This vote represents a stunning setback for efforts by FPL to build one of the largest coal plants in the country, in one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world. | |
| The Florida Wildlife Federation, Earthjustice and Environment Florida today urged Florida’s Public Service Commission to deny a request to build the largest new coal plant in the United States at the edge of the Florida Everglades. | |
| Officials with the Bush administration are in Orlando to hear from citizens concerning “cooperative conservation” efforts as part of the multi-state “cooperative conservation tour”. | |
| The Northern District Court of California today overturned the Bush administration’s repeal of protections for nearly 60 million acres of pristine national forest lands, including 50,000 acres in Florida’s Apalachicola and Osceola National forests. | |
