Activists Criticize Everglades Restoration Plan

The co-chair of the Sierra Club's Everglades calls the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan a "bogus water-supply project."

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June 26, 2002, 11:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"Many activists believe it's time to sound an alarm that Everglades restoration is not real restoration, and to withhold political support until it is...They worry that it relies on uncertain technologies, overlooks water quality, subsidizes damaging growth and delays its environmental benefits."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Wednesday, June 26, 2002 in The Washington Post

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