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Plan for new industry in Everglades Agricultural Area endorsed despite environmental concerns
South Florida Sun-SentinelPalm Beach County today set in motion a plan to allow new industry to move into the Everglades Agricultural Area, despite concerns that it could create barriers to environmental restoration. The County Commission endorsed a plan to designate 99,500 acres...Tags: Lake Okeechobee, Renovation, Charlie Crist, Arable Farming, Water Supply
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Farmer with salty soil and water says canola is nature's filter, plus a fuel and cow feed, too
Associated Press WriterFIVE POINTS, Calif. (AP) _ A hardy but pedestrian plant is doing triple duty in California's agricultural heartland. Farmers, water managers and agriculture researchers are closely watching an experiment using canola plants to absorb the salt from soil...Tags: Health Treatments, Almonds, Fresno, Water, Water Supply
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Competing growers offer plan to lease U.S. Sugar land
South Florida Sun-SentinelWarning that taxpayers and farmers will suffer from the state's proposed $1.34 billion deal with U.S. Sugar Corp., a group of small- and medium-sized growers today offered a competing bid to lease U.S. Sugar's cane fields not used for Everglades...Tags: Lake Okeechobee, Government, Property, Contracts, Water Supply
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Investment group sweetens bid for U.S. Sugar
South Florida Sun-SentinelAn investment group competing with the state to buy sugar cane fields standing in the way of Everglades restoration sweetened its bid to U.S. Sugar Corp. over the weekend with a $27.5 million check. The Lawrence Group, which manages farmland in the South...Tags: Nashville, Lake Okeechobee, Leveraged Buyouts, Water Supply, Everglades
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Detroit expected to raise water, sewer rates
Detroit officials are expected to raise water and sewer rates next month as revenue dries up in the face of declining demand. The Detroit Free Press reports Sunday that water rates could increase by up to 10 percent and sewer rates as much as 17 percent...Tags: Conservation, Freedom of the Press
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Calif. cities consider green alternatives to lawns
Associated PressCookie Smith was surprised to learn the fake lawn that earned her a home-beautification award violated a city ban on artificial grass. Her neighbor was shocked when he complied with a state order to conserve water and was instead threatened with a $50...Tags: Los Angeles, Petroleum Industry, Brooke Shields, Camarillo, California
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Miramar, Pembroke Pines consider using rainwater collection barrels
South Florida Sun-SentinelAlthough droughts haven't been making headlines recently, Broward cities are taking steps to promote water conservation. One way cities are promoting conservation is by participating in the South Florida Water Management District's Water Savings...Tags: Miramar, Conservation, Miami-Dade County, Water Supply, Jesus Rodriguez
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Young amputee faces challenges with smile
Michael Stolzenberg, 8, nearly died of a bacterial infection that ravaged his body this summer. In October, doctors amputated his hands and feet, shriveled black with gangrene. He has been diagnosed with a rare immune disease, which will force him to get...Tags: Diseases, Medical Specialization, Joe DiMaggio, Viral Diseases, Healthcare Provider
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South Florida developers battle high water table to put parking underground
South Florida Sun-SentinelSouth Florida developers have finally found a place to hide gargantuan parking garages. They bury them. Deterred for decades by the high water table, developers from Miami to Fort Lauderdale to Boca Raton are planning to build underground, forced there...Tags: Boca Raton, Building Material, Metal and Mineral, Downtown (Miami, Florida), Broward County
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U.S. Sugar OKs sale of land to state, but hurdles remain
The Associated PressU.S. Sugar Corp., the nation's largest producer of cane sugar, has agreed to sell its nearly 300 square miles of farmland to the state of Florida for Everglades restoration. The deal must still be approved by the boards of U.S. Sugar and the South...Tags: Renovation, Tennessee, Contracts, Arable Farming, Everglades
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Florida, U.S. Sugar Corp. reach deal on sale of land for Everglades restoration project
South Florida Sun-SentinelU.S. Sugar Corp. and the state of Florida announced agreement Tuesday on a much-anticipated deal to purchase sugar cane land with taxpayer dollars to revive the Everglades. The proposed contract marks the culmination of five months of closed-door talks...Tags: Nashville, Lake Okeechobee, Everglades, South Florida Water Management District, Florida
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All he's saying is give brush a chance
Rick Halsey is in search of senile shrubs.
He rolls up California 79 in his Chevy pickup across the high tablelands of eastern San Diego County. Past a little adobe chapel from the Mexican era, he turns onto an unpaved road. He bumps along in low gear as...Tags: Explosions, Santa Ana, Forestry and Timber, Biology, San Diego County
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