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(8,356 posts)ancianita
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(16,020 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)We think we can do whatever we want which is stupid, but the corporations don't care!
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)Sometimes I really hate humans.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)to hang out on the Beaches and waterways of FL !
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)birds of a feather
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)Are we making good choices about how we spend our time and money?
ffr
(22,649 posts)Humans want convenience. Too many of us demand it and shun those who cannot provide it. Thus, convenient transportation, electricity, air conditioning, plastics and other non renewables.
ffr
(22,649 posts)We caused this. And we can say with some certainty that it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)....which wouldn't be a problem except this one was in a GOLF COURSE.
The rich are supposed to be unaffected by all of this stuff.
mia
(8,356 posts)http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/us/florida-algae-pollution/
mrr303am
(159 posts)is they seemed to be more concerned with the loss of profits from the loss of tourism then they are about the effects on the environment and wildlife. Poor manatee is suffocating and aside from the individual trying to help him with the water hose, the biggest concern of everyone else is "it's the 4th of July weekend and we're losing tourism dollars!", screw you a-holes.
mia
(8,356 posts)Florida is now controlled by the Republican governor and legislature.
mrr303am
(159 posts)is, since the Governor has declared a state of emergency will be the Federal Government will compensate the businesses affected due to lost tourism dollars, nothing or any money will go to correcting the problem(s). Neither party is concerned about doing anything to effect change to the issues which have caused this to occur, evidenced by both parties platform's to continue to back policies and businesses which cause issues like this, or others, which are destroying our environment and planet, profits for businesses come first and foremost.
paleotn
(17,781 posts)...such as excess nitrogen and phosphorus runoff from industrial ag and all those lush, green Florida lawns. Sewage leaks and discharges from sewage treatment plants. Faulty septic systems. The list goes on and on. Cram that many people and development into a fragile ecosystem like the Florida peninsula and this and worse is bound to happen. And don't be moving up here to North Carolina, trashing ours. You've shit your own nest. Now lie in it.
In short, as Pogo said....
packman
(16,296 posts)what can you expect - slime , of course. Florida has always had an unholy relationship to the sugar industry and it just got worse with each Republican governor and Republican administration.