#Florida Keys could see larger cruise ships under new Florida DEP News proposal, which goes to Ron DeSantis & and the Cabinet today. He & the Legislature blocked Key West voters from imposing restrictions on ships in 2021. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0… via Bruce Ritchie

What we wonder about is the people on those huge ships. At least some of them might be concerned for the fragile beauty they see in the Keys. Do they realize that the way they got there harms that beauty?

Safer, Cleaner Ships U.S. EPA USACE HQ US Department of the Interior Florida DEP News State regulators allow this to happen. How can they be held accountable for the harm inflicted? Here’s one sure way. Have you signed and shared the constitutional amendment petition yet? FloridaRighttoCleanWater.org - Floridarighttocleanwater.org

It's come to this. Ron DeSantis and Florida DEP News have so completely failed to protect clean water in Florida that fish have to be "rescued" from the ocean by the federal government and placed in tanks on land.

New: Arlo Haskell blasts Florida DEP News in WLRN Public Media interview w Jenny Staletovich re Ron DeSantis vote to allow larger cruise ships in the #FloridaKeys: “We have a regulatory agency that is not regulating.” “We need federal oversight of clean water issues in FL.” wlrn.org/environment/20…

Federal judge orders Biscayne National Park to publish rules for long-stalled marine preserve wlrn.org/environment/20…

This crisis emerging out of the Florida Keys is an alarming reminder of the water-quality crisis in Florida. We haven't done enough to rein in the pollution that leads to water problems, like the destruction of an endangered species. ecowatch.com/noaa-sawfish-f…

We pump millions of gallons of pharmaceutical laden human waste into the ocean off South Florida daily and everyone is wondering why massive algae mats are smothering all the coral and fish are spinning around in circles and acting like Philly zombies #nature

SCOOP: Patrick Bainter, lead consultant for Florida Senate Republicans, admits to hiring disgraced ex-senator, and approving a dirty trick: a 2020 "ghost" candidate who helped oust a Democrat that had been a thorn in the side of Florida Power & Light. floodlightnews.org/florida-gop-gh…

ICYMI: The sawfish that was the first-ever attempt to rescue one of the endangered species in an ongoing die-off has died. But wildlife officials say they’ll keep trying.

Turns out there’s good money in watching sawfish die in fish-tanks, growing coral in labs & watching it die in the ocean, & greenwashing cruise ship operations in Key West. Congrats on all your revenue ⁦Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium⁩. mote.org/news/article/m…

Matt is 100% correct.

Brooklyn: Dead whale found on the bow of MSC Meraviglia. Ships are the leading cause of death for whales. 20,000 a year are killed. There are measures available to decrease these deaths. Are shipping and cruise lines willing to implement them? ship-technology.com/features/turni…

Florida Keys Drinking Waters is Forever Chemical Contaminated. HIGHEST IN STATE!! fkec.org/fkecwp23/wp-co… Florida's Right to Clean Water FloridaRighttoCleanWater.org constitutional amendment is critical for our state? Join the effort at our website. #flrtcw2026 - Time to stop #toxicflorida

Important election this summer for City of Key West District 6. Attorney Marci Rose has entered the race w/ a background in environmental law & record of advancing local water-quality protections. She faces former city planner Thaddeus Cohen; and undertaker Aaron Castillo.

Ed Russo is a deeply knowledgable and passionate defender of clean water. This is an excellent move by Donald J. Trump

Congratulations to Steven Nekhaila. We've been on opposite sides of some issues, but when we've sat down together we found mutual respect and a lot of issues in common. Always great to see a Key Wester rise to the national level.