Polluting of Lake Okeechobee Must End, Court Rules

Florida’s biggest newspaper, The Tampa Bay Times, called the ruling “long-awaited clarity and common sense” and “a victory for public health and the environment." For more than 30 years, the big lake that looks like a hole on the Florida map at the top of the Everglades—714-square-mile Lake Okeechobee—has been wrecked by government-sanctioned pollution. But … Continue reading Polluting of Lake Okeechobee Must End, Court Rules