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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.
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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

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Recent News

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson Sides With Polluters
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Bronson is siding with the state's worst polluters to fight against cleaning up...

EPA Agrees to Set Limits on Fertilizer and Animal Waste Pollution in Florida
In a major step forward for the environment, President Barack Obama's administration has signed a consent decree in which...

Federal Court Gives Lake Okeechobee Polluters and State Free Pass to Pollute
Even though a federal judge ruled in 2007 that "back pumping" polluted water from drainage canals into South Florida's...

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Recent Cases

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...

Glades Power Plant
Florida Power & Light has proposed building a massive coal-fired power plant on the northwest shore of Lake Okeechobee, at...

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