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As the population in the Southeast has risen, growing demands have been placed on the region’s resources. Water pollution from farms and cities endangers aquifers as well as lakes and streams, endangering the safety of drinking water sources. Calls for expanding the energy grid have been met with proposals to use old coal technology which threatens to pollute the air and contribute heavy metals such as mercury to the waters. Earthjustice is working to protect the region’s water resources and to slow global warming.
Monica Reimer, an attorney in the Tallahassee office, writes about Earthjustice clients that are most definitely not what springs to mind when one thinks of "environmentalist." 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.
Learn more Monica's trip down Fisheating Creek
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
A federal judge rules that using Lake O as a polluted water reservoir is illegal without a federal permit.
The Florida Public Service Commission refuses to approve a permit for a huge new coal-fired power plant near the Everglades.
Water district must comply with the Clean Water Act before dumping into this drinking water source.
Tougher pollution standards for farms, ranches near Lake Okeechobee
Court affirms state environmental agency must enforce clean water law
Settlement will provide protection and monitoring for turtle nesting sites
Supreme Court sides with the Miccosukee Tribe and Earthjustice to halt the pumping of pollutants into the Everglades.
Slow-Speed Zones for Boaters Upheld; Lower Court Ruling Sustained by Appellate Court
Fish and Wildlife Service failed to uphold protections
A Florida developer is stopped attempting to turn a public spring into a private diving club.
Senior Editor Tom Turner recounts a David-and-Goliath struggle between impoverished African-American people in rural Louisiana and a mighty international consortium of government agencies and private companies bent on siting a uranium enrichment plant in their midst.
In March 2001, Earthjustice compelled the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce phosphorus pollution flowing into Lake Okeechobee by 70 percent.
In April 2001, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission agreed to establish extensive slow speed zones in endangered manatee habitat as well as 14 refuges and sanctuaries in Florida coastal waters.
Monica Reimer, an attorney in the Tallahassee office, writes about Earthjustice clients that are most definitely not what springs to mind when one thinks of “environmentalist.” 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.
