Though Florida might be the state surrounded by the most water in the mainland, the right to access clean drinking water is not a guarantee for many Floridians. Home to several prominent industries from tourism to urban development, the state’s executive branch arguably favors industries that engage in pollution by enabling lenient regulations and weak
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Floridians could give themselves the right to have clean water, enshrined in our state constitution if enough of them sign petitions to get the proposed amendment on the ballot.
Conservation groups are pushing for a right to clean water to be placed into our state constitution. Between red tide, blue-green algae, starving manatees and coral reef destruction, its not hard to see why.