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When sugar cane is burned to remove the outer leaves around the stalks before harvesting, thousands of tons of hazardous pollutants are released into the air. ("Money-Burn" by Gavin Fordham/CC BY-NC 2.0)
Article December 4, 2015

Sugar Cane Burning Not So Sweet for Florida’s Residents

Each year, Florida’s sugar-growing corporations emit thousands of tons of hazardous air pollutants by burning sugar cane leaves, a dirty practice that Earthjustice is working to stop.

Burning of a Florida sugar cane field. 150,000 acres are burned each year, emitting more than 2,800 tons of hazardous air pollutants per year. (April Sorrow / CC BY-NC 2.0)
case November 23, 2015

Curbing Pollution From Burning Sugar Cane Fields in Florida

On behalf of the Sierra Club, Earthjustice has filed a legal action asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate smoke pollution coming from thousands of acres of sugar cane that U.S. Sugar Corp. burns in South Florida each year. Burning the cane causes hazardous air pollution that poses a health risk to people. The…

document November 19, 2015

U.S. Sugar Petition

Petition Requesting The Administrator To Object To The Title V Operating Permit Renewal For The United States Sugar Corporation’s Clewiston Facility

A Florida sugar cane field on fire. 150,000 acres are burned each year, emitting more than 2,800 tons of hazardous air pollutants per year. (April Sorrow / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Press Release November 19, 2015

Conservation Groups File Action to Curb Pollution from Burning Sugar Cane Fields

South Florida cane burning emits over 2,800 tons of hazardous air pollutants annually