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Trash Haulers and Pols Care About Only One Kind of Greennew

The trash hauler in Broward County gets richer by not recycling recyclable materials, and if you believe the environmentalists, the campaign coffers of elected officials get richer by not demanding that the hauler recycle.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Thomas Francis  |  09-30-2008  |  Environment

Reef Madnessnew

Thanks to the Delray-Boynton pipe, there's a nitrate-stoked party down there.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Wyatt Olson  |  08-15-2006  |  Environment

'Renewable Energy' Program Spews Out Pollutantsnew

Florida Power & Light's Sunshine Energy Program isn't as green as promised. Most of the money sent in by well-intentioned customers will not go toward buying energy produced from traditional "clean" sources like solar or wind but from the burning of industrial wood waste and landfill methane.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Eric Alan Barton  |  03-16-2005  |  Environment

Jeb Bush's Men Wanted Silence on Biotech Project's Impactnew

An employee for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection learned that any comment about the impact of Scripps Research Institute's biotech project on Palm Beach County's ecosystem was strongly discouraged.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Wyatt Olson  |  01-11-2005  |  Environment

A Flood of Frances: Hurricane Stories Pack a Wallopnew

New Times writers spread out across wind-torn South Florida for Frances' three-day extravaganza, and find partiers who think the best way to face a hurricane is drunk.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Staff Writers  |  09-13-2004  |  Environment

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