Carl Hiaasen: How An Angry Judge Saved The Everglades

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http://www.nationalmemo.com/glades-vows-kept-thanks-to-the-courts/

How An Angry Judge Saved The Everglades
July 24th, 2012 12:00 am
Carl Hiaasen

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In 2010, Gold issued a ruling that scalded the EPA and the DEP for showing “glacial slowness” in cleaning up the flow into Everglades. He characterized the restoration plan as “rudderless.”

“The hard reality,” he wrote, “is that ongoing destruction due to pollution within the Everglades Protection Area continues to this day at an alarming rate.”

Here’s what else Gold did, which got all sides scrambling:

He threatened to hold state and federal administrators in civil contempt if they didn’t comply with the court. Then he ordered the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to personally appear in front of him and answer some questions.

This is why you never, ever want to piss off a federal judge.


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[Scuba]

1. Atta way Judge Gold! And thanks to Carl, who is both funny and smart.

[ellenfl]

2. love carl . . . and judge gold. eom