by John Haughey - The Center Square | Jun 15, 2021
(The Center Square) – Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a 2022 Democratic candidate for governor, is praising a federal panel’s repeal of federal approval for a pesticide growers say is pivotal in the state’s $8.6 billion citrus industry’s battle with...
by Brian Burgess | Jun 11, 2021
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a response from the Sierra Club. We attempted to contact the organization prior to publication but used an incorrect email address. We regret the error. An environmental group with financial ties to the Everglades...
by Karen Murphy | Jun 10, 2021
A recent ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit left Florida citrus growers with one less tool in their fight against a disease that has decimated Florida’s citrus industry. However, there may be another treatment in the...
by News Service of Florida | Jun 10, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — In a victory for environmental and farmworker groups, an appeals court has overturned federal approval of a controversial pesticide that supporters say could help fight a disease that has caused heavy damage in Florida’s citrus industry. The...
by Karen Murphy | Jun 4, 2021
As the first week of hurricane season and the 2021 Florida Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday are about to come to an end, the Tropical Meteorology Project in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU) updated its 2021 Atlantic...
by News Service of Florida | May 28, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Noah Valenstein is exiting next week after running the agency for four years under two governors. Shawn Hamilton, currently the state agency’s deputy secretary for land and recreation, will...
