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MANATEE DEATHS ON PACE TO SET ANOTHER RECORD | THUMB DOWN

From: TC Palm

“While advocates such as the nonprofit government watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility worry the figures prove manatees need more protection,…

LAKE'S ONLY PAIR OF MANATEES SURVIVE WINTER AS MANATEES DIE AT RECORD PACE

From: Orlando Sentinel

“The trademark Florida species is designated as endangered by the federal government. Jeff Ruch, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility executive director,…

EXTREME WINTER WEATHER BECOMING MORE COMMON AS ARCTIC WARMS, STUDY FINDS

From: The Guardian

“A sharp increase in temperatures across the Arctic since the early 1990s has coincided with an uptick in abnormally cold snaps in winter, particularly in the eastern…

ALARMING NUMBER OF MANATEES ARE DYING IN FLORIDA THIS YEAR

From: Herald Tribune

““Florida’s manatees are one big freeze away from an ecological disaster and need more, not less, protection,” PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said in a statement.…

MORE MANATEES DIED FROM COLD STRESS THIS WINTER

From: Florida Today

“More than 150 manatees died in just the first seven weeks of 2018, putting Florida on pace to set an annual record for manatee deaths, according to the Public Employees…


News Releases

LOW PRIORITY TOXIC SITES GO TO HEAD OF FLORIDA’S CLEANUP LINE

Rural Residents at Greater Risk from Leaving the Most Hazardous Sites Unabated

FLORIDA’S TOXIC CLEANUP TRUST FUNDS LOOTED

Quarter Billion Dollar Diversion Compounded by Plummeting Penalty Revenue

MANY FLORIDIANS UNKNOWINGLY DRINK CONTAMINATED WATER

No Notice to Residents at Thousands of Sites Polluted by Leaking Petroleum Tanks

FLORIDA ECO-ENFORCEMENT STILL SCRAPING BOTTOM

Even Slight Upturns Cannot Mask Historic Nosedive in Pollution Control

MANATEE MORTALITY SPIKED IN 2016

Record Number of Florida Manatees Killed by Boat Collisions