Lake Okeechobee

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich on water releases from Lake Okeechobee

A nationally-known environmental activist and consumer advocate is speaking out against the releases of water from Lake Okeechobee. Erin Brockovich,…

6 years ago

NOAA: 40% of Lake Okeechobee covered in harmful algae

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates 40 percent of Lake Okeechobee is now covered in a harmful blue-green algae…

6 years ago

Large algae bloom forms on Lake Okeechobee, could repeat 2016

(Above) A diagram from 2016 shows water flow in South Florida. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post) Florida’s freshwater…

7 years ago

Sugar’s decades-long hold over Everglades came with a price

Fifteen years after Jeb Bush and Bill Clinton reached a landmark accord to revive the Everglades, billions of dollars have…

7 years ago

Toxic Lake: The Untold Story of Lake Okeechobee

Click through, below, for an interactive look at the story. https://vimeo.com/194372466 CLEWISTON, Florida – For months during 2016, plumes of…

7 years ago