All Entries Tagged With: "Everglades"
Finding Money for Florida Sugar Deal
Buying U.S. Sugar’s land is more important to Everglades restoration than lesser projects under way, writes the Palm Beach Post.
US Sugar Deal Sparks Call for Oversight
With lawmakers already frustrated over a lack of oversight, recent reports on the state’s landmark $536 million Everglades agreement with U.S. Sugar Corp. may add momentum for a legislative response in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the controversial deal.
US Sugar May Benefit from Everglades Deal
Gov. Charlie Crist fired back today at critics who pummeled him for a $536 million Everglades land deal that they describe as a giveaway to U.S. Sugar Corp.
Water Managers Work to Finance US Sugar Deal
Water managers in south Florida may offer Wall Street more than a quarter-million acres of state-owned lands, including thousands of acres of Everglades restoration tracts, as collateral to finance the large land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp.