FL Water Manager's Still Don't Like Everglades Restoration

by JDWolverton

The fight over Florida's Everglades is decades old. Among the multiple ongoing law suits concerning Everglades restoration, the Miccosukee suit got some uneven results. It is a complex issue that too few people really understand. All of Florida plus our tourists have a dog in this race, but maybe 1 in 20 are paying attention.

Most Floridians moved here long after the beginning of the battle over The River of Grass, better known as the Everglades. Newbie Floridians generally have no use for gators other than the Gainesville variety and they have no clue that the Everglades (gators and all) is key to a healthy Florida environment.

Giving into pro-business interests leads to more and more expensive water for all Floridians, but the average Floridian won't care about the Everglades until they get their first $150 a month water bill (sewage will be extra).

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BP Oil Disaster v3.2: Pics & Vids & Media Lies

by vets74

"Death in the Gulf" is the subtitle.

BP and Halliburton  are committing a massive ecocide. This WineRev Model series provides a home for pics and vids, plus material that focuses on corporate media distortions.

Here's the the MRGO channel. 500 yards and $3 MM for the booms:

-- Greyrath/Getty

And the CNN fable factory came up with a BP-friendly lie that the "Whale" skimmer will extract 21,000,000 gallons of oil a day.

Our whitis went to the sources and pulled out 63,000 gallons a day as a theoretical maximum.

Nice to see Recommended in the tags:::

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BP Oil Disaster v. 2.1: Sunday Heat, Patriots!

by vets74

Following the WineRev Model, this series will provide a daily diary for posting IMAGES and VIDEOS and research findings.

"Death in the Gulf" is the real subtitle. BP and Halliburton have committed a massive ecocide.

Today's big lies from MSM and the propaganda outlets astonish. NOAA repeats its shoreline threat map, but still leaves out tropical storms:

Then CNN online:

If... tests in a 5-by-5-mile area north of the underwater gusher are successful, the massive ship could play a key role in oil cleanup efforts

The boat, which swallows water with oil then separates it, can skim about 21 million gallons of oil a day. That's at least 250 times the amount that modified fishing vessels currently conducting skimming operations have been able to contain...

The ship processes a max of 21,000,000 gallons of water. Not oil. Water.

We learned earlier that 20% of the oil spew surfaces immediately and gets blown north. 80% goes south into the Loop Current.

IMAGES and VIDEOS and research are welcome.

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