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  Environmental groups turn to courts to protect Florida manatees from starvation

  By Michael Carroll | Friday, Feb 11, 2022 @ 7:07am

  Environmentalists are now turning to the federal courts to protect the marine habitat of Florida’s manatee population, which suffered a record number of deaths last year due to mass starvation.

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  Florida developers urge federal court to back transfer of wetlands permitting to state agency

  By Michael Carroll | Friday, Mar 19, 2021 @ 9:43am

  Florida business groups are moving to intervene in a lawsuit filed by environmental organizations that aims to stop the transfer of wetlands permitting authority from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to state officials.

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