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Lake O discharges: Sugar farmers sue Army Corps over EAA reservoir tcpalm.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tcpalm.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Editorial: Ban the burning of Florida sugarcane fields The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board When the cane fields burn and skies turn black over the Glades, mothers bring children indoors. That should tell you all you need to know. As sugar growers torch acre after acre to facilitate each harvest, month after month, residents know to avoid the soot that descends upon their streets, sidewalks, playgrounds and yards. They fear bouts of coughing, asthma and other lung ailments. A joint investigation by The Palm Beach Post and nonprofit newsroom ProPublica has shown how, in pursuit of profits, Florida’s sugar giants have snowed this ash upon the state’s poorest residents, year after year, insisting that it causes no harm. ....
Hagens Berman and Berman Law Group: Court Upholds Florida Residents Claims in Sugarcane Burning Pollution Lawsuit Against Big Sugar financialbuzz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from financialbuzz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hagens Berman and Berman Law Group: Court Upholds Florida Residents Claims in Sugarcane Burning Pollution Lawsuit Against Big Sugar 07/02/2021 | 07:35pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields Florida communities see major win as federal judge allows lawsuit to continue past motions to dismiss A federal judge has upheld negligence, strict liability, and medical monitoring claims brought by Florida residents in a lawsuit against conglomerate sugarcane growers who practice widespread sugarcane crop burning causing pollution, property damage and hazardous air quality, according to Hagens Berman and Berman Law Group of Florida. In his July 2, 2021 order, Judge Rodney Smith of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida denied a motion to dismiss the proposed class action against Florida sugarcane growers, finding that the plaintiffs – central Florida residents who allege that their health and property are damaged by sugarcane burnin ....
POST TIME: Glades a trove of colorful place names Readers: Happy New Year! Allen Morris and Joan Perry Morris comprised one of Florida s history power couples. Both were mentors for this writer. Allen (1909–2002), longtime clerk of the Florida House of Representatives, founded the Florida Handbook in 1947 and the Florida Photo Archives in 1951. Joan (1935-2016) edited or co-edited the handbook and spent four decades as curator of the photo archives. The two are authors of Florida Place Names,“ packed with name origins. Sounds like a column! We have provided name origins for many Palm Beach Post places. But we always have been fascinated by some of the colorful names in the Glades. Here s more from the Morrises: ....