Huge environmental news today out of Florida. US Sugar has agreed to sell to the state. The 187,000 acres of land will help make the dream of a restoring the Everglades more likely. The sugarcane fields south of Lake Okeechobee, along with farmland stretching down to the Everglades, will eventually be transformed into marshes, feeding the national park.
Charlie Crist, who is making some headway towards convincing some that there are sane Republicans out there, has recently taken heat from environmentalists for stating that offshore drilling in Florida is a possibility. As I mentioned the other day, that's political suicide in this state. But I don't think that there's anything political about it. Restoring the Everglades is so much more salient an environmental issues than offshore drilling, it's doubtful Crist is doing this for any reason other than it's the best decision.
Overall, this is wonderful news. There are some issues with regards to the workers, however. The Times reports that there is a lawsuit pending - some former employees allege they were screwed out of retirement money - and there are some concerns about Clewiston, the home of U.S. Sugar. The town's future could be in jeopardy. This needed to happen, though.
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