Florida

A World Without NEPA: Kissimmee River Revitalization

Channelized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1962 without completing a single environmental review, efforts to restore the Kissimmee River are expected to top one billion dollars.

Scripps Research Institute Florida

Today, the Scripps Florida Research Institute operates a state-of-the-art biomedical research facility focusing on neuroscience, cancer biology, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, biotechnology, and alternative energy development employing more than 500 staff.

Shortcutting Environmental Reviews: Contaminated Drinking Water in Florida’s Lake Belt

In 2002, the Army Corps of Engineers fast tracked the environmental review process and approved several permits to mine limestone on 5,700 acres of Florida’s Lake Belt. Three years later, benzene – a cancer-causing chemical – was detected at a Miami-Dade County water treatment facility.

A World Without NEPA: Parramore, Orlando

Without today’s legal protections requiring federal agencies to look at census data on race and income, the Orlando neighborhood of Parramore was bulldozed to make way for a new interstate highway in the 1950s.

Everglades Parkway: the I-75 extension through Alligator Alley

Following the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, the United States began a national program of highway construction…

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