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Florida Pricing Higher Education Beyond Reach of Floridians? And What's Causing Algae Outbreaks in Florida?

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Tags: algae, David Guest, Santa Fe River, Caloosahatchee, Bruce Nissen, RISEP, WMNF, Rob Lorei

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today well talk about corporations trying to make it easier to pollute Florida’s freshwater rivers, lakes and springs. We’ll also talk about the burden of the high cost of education here in Florida. But first, two listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday we talked about the militarization and heavy surveillance that accompanied the Republican National Convention four years ago in St. Paul Minnesota. Here’s wha...

Agae Blooms Hurting More Florida Waterways

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Tags: slime, algae, Florida, Jim Weeks. floridapolitic.com, St. John's River, Caloosahatchee, Suwanee River

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei.

Yesterday the AP reported: "Three environmental groups sued the Army Corps of Engineers, the state and a water management district Monday over smelly, slimy green algae blooms that have been polluting the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida.

The lawsuit in U.S. District Court here alleges the corps is violating state and South Florida Water Management District regulations by diverting water that should be going into the river...