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Sierra Club: Gov. DeSantis Employs Jim Crow-style Voting Suppression Tactics
May 6, 2021
Gov. DeSantis has made it more difficult for Floridians to vote by signing SB90. Sierra Club calls on the U.S. Senate to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Gov. DeSantis: Remedy the Legislature's Failures or Lose All Rights to Claim Any Interest in Protecting Florida's Environment
April 26, 2021
Sierra Club Florida sent an out-of-the-ordinary "veto request" letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis, targeting 12 anti-environment/anti-democracy bills that Sierra Club staff, members and supporters have worked to amend or stop.
Sierra Club Releases Report Cards for Governor and Agriculture Commissioner
March 1, 2021
Sierra Club Florida has released its 2020 report cards for Gov. DeSantis and Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried.
FDACS Phase 2 Burning Rules Are All Smoke and Mirrors
February 18, 2021
Community activists in and around the Everglades Agricultural Area sent a letter to Commissioner Nikki Fried about the rules that determine when and why pre-harvest sugarcane field burning is permitted.
Florida Wetlands Imperiled by Removal of Federal Oversight
December 17, 2020
Today the EPA announced it has granted the Florida Department of Environmental Protection the authority to oversee dredge and fill permits. This will lead to the destruction of many of Florida's remaining wetlands.
Cocoa Votes to Become Florida's 11th 100 Percent Clean Energy for All City
October 29, 2020
The Cocoa City Council passed a resolution committing the city to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy for the entire community by 2050 and for municipal operations by 2035.
Miami-Dade: Don't Ignore the Science
October 16, 2020
The Miami-Dade County Commission is set to vote on a proposed water theme park that would be built on environmentally sensitive county land that is habitat for the rare Florida bonneted bat.
110 Organizations, Businesses to M-CORES Task Forces: NO BUILD Is the Only Option
October 13, 2020
Representatives from organizations and businesses across Florida sent a letter to the M-CORES task forces outlining the reasons to not build the destructive toll roads.
Smoke and Mirrors for the Glades
October 1, 2020
Today marks the beginning of another sugarcane harvesting season. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Community Services and Commissioner Nikki Fried have failed to take action to end discriminatory burn season rules.
FDOT Fails to Provide Critical M-CORES Details: Cornell Consulting Fills Void
September 21, 2020
A collaboration between the No Roads to Ruin coalition and Cornell Consulting resulted in a series of three new policy reports, which found that M-CORES is infeasible and creates negative returns.