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Florida: About Our Work

Water rules over much of Florida. Lakes, wetlands and rivers bring life to Florida's most important natural features: the Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, and the state's mangrove forests and beaches. Our Florida office stops destructive phosphate mining in central Florida and protects the state's precious waterways from agricultural runoff, which is often laden with chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

Quick Facts

Year opened: 1990
Number of staff: 7
Appeals court: Eleventh Circuit

Office Information

111 South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 681-0031
floffice @earthjustice.org

Managing Attorney
David Guest

Attorneys
Colin Adams
Alisa Coe
Monica Reimer

Office Manager
Kristen Standridge

Litigation Assistant
Amaka Ubaka

Press Contact
John McManus

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Office Spotlight

A Snake in the Kitchen
Monica Reimer, an attorney in the Florida office, writes about Earthjustice clients that are most definitely not what springs to mind when one thinks of "environmentalists." The tale revolves around the only jury trial in the history of Earthjustice, an ultimately successful attempt to keep in public ownership a south Florida jewel known as Fisheating Creek.
Read more.

Recent Victories

A Historic Victory for Everglades Restoration
Natural flow of the Everglades to be restored through the purchase of U.S. Sugar holdings south of Lake Okeechobee; largest step forward in the long history of Everglades restoration
Updated: June 24, 2008

Relief for Lake Okeechobee Is on the Way
A federal judge rules that using Lake O as a polluted water reservoir is illegal without a federal permit.
Updated: July 1, 2009

Florida Coal Plan Is Nixed
The Florida Public Service Commission refuses to approve a permit for a huge new coal-fired power plant near the Everglades.
Updated: July 1, 2009

View all Florida victories

Recent News

Conservation Groups in Court to Save Highly Endangered Whales
Conservation groups today challenged the U.S. Navy's decision to build its $100 million Undersea Warfare Training Range 50...

EPA Proposes Limits on Fertilizer, Animal Waste, and Sewage Pollution in State Waters
The new limits to curb sewage and fertilizer pollution proposed today by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency represent a...

Last Planned Coal Plant in Florida Cancelled
Earthjustice applauds Seminole Electric Cooperative for its decision to withdraw its application to build a new coal-fired...

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Recent Cases

Seminole Power Plant
Earthjustice is opposed to the construction of new coal plants because of the growing crisis of global warming and because...

Everglades: Agricultural Pollution
The legal battle to stop agricultural pollution the Everglades of south Florida has raged for years. Earthjustice has been...

TMDL Challenge: Lake Okeechobee Tributaries
Apart from its ecological significance as the second largest lake in the United States, Lake Okeechobee is also the...

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