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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

Jacksonville.com has an editorial [jacksonville.com] about the politics that led to Florida's algal blooms. The author blames poor water quality on weak enforcement of environmental regulations, which he implies is in the interest of sugar cane growers and other businesses. According to the piece,

Florida had been dragging its feet on setting the standards for years, so the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got involved after environmental groups sued.

...whereupon Associated Industries of Florida, which made donations to the governor's political action committee, expressed its opposition, saying "Florida knows how best to manage its own waters.” The Florida attorney-general spoke in 2011 of "the federal government’s overreach of authority."

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