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ancianita

(36,023 posts)
1. It's not 'just' farming. It's huge waste runoff from the Fanjul brothers' sugar monopolists of FL.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 06:54 PM
Aug 2018

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The sugar industry's runoff is toward both the Gulf and the Atlantic, it has cut off Everglade water flow so that the largest salt-fresh water ecosystem in the country is almost dead.

Algae waves hit the beaches on the Gulf side, with help from the 200+ oil wells making the rest of the Gulf one of the largest dead zones on the planet -- thanks to polluters ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, and ConocoPhillips CEO's.

Here are reports warnings from over eight years ago that no one in FL or at federal levels had taken seriously.


http://www.deepseanews.com/2010/06/oil-platforms-in-the-gulf-how-many-and-who-owns-them/

Instead, one has to see whole shorelines full of dead turtles, dolphins and fish now before people onshore who avoided it, now are forced to see actual signs of the pollution.

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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
3. Looks like someone that has a bad case of acne for all of the oil wells..................
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:35 PM
Aug 2018

this is just nuts.................turning the entire planet into one open sewer dump................

Thanx for the information............

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
2. And this from a governor who when running for reelection
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:30 PM
Aug 2018

had in one of his campaign ads him and his wife walking among the sugar white sand dunes of NW Florida - The fuckin' hypocrite

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
4. Of course he would..................its all about projection................
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:37 PM
Aug 2018

and yes he is fucking criminal and a hypocrite.................

appalachiablue

(41,127 posts)
5. Infuriating, criminal & hearwtrenching what's been done in some areas.
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 12:44 AM
Aug 2018

Years ago we knew a better Sunshine State with abundant nature and wildlife, tropical beauty and fun to experience.

zanana1

(6,110 posts)
6. From the Eagle's song The Last Resort..
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 10:55 AM
Aug 2018

The last line goes "When you call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye".

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