US Sugar Everglades Land Purchase Update

[effex100]

As some of you may have noticed, I've been following the Florida purchase of Everglades land from US Sugar. Here are a few updates.

The good:
The deal was recently changed from the state purchasing the entire company outright, assets and all, to just purchasing the lions share of the land. The plan was for US Sugar to keep it's sugar refineries and

Comments

[callmeserenity]

Oh, come on! Why is someone always in the way of good things? What a great idea to reduce waste, our dependence on oil and create green jobs. I think that it's amazing the plant runs in steam and creates so much energy each day it can sell the extra. That's awesome.

[gadget_girl]

i will never understand why eminent domain means the government can take your home to make room for a bigger highway, but it can't take back the everglades to make sure that it's not poisoned beyond belief by corporations.

oh wait, that's right, lobbyists.