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Florida Master Naturalist, photographer & nature guide. Woodworker in my spare time. Living at the precipice of a changing climate on Florida's Fun coast. Born at 313 ppm CO2

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Awesome, hilarious documentary and free! “On Jan. 1, 2024, two brothers hopped in their 2010 Kia Sedona minivan and left their Collinsville home to track birds in every region of the U.S” - STLPR (NPR)
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LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/05/2026
Anthropic already blamed Claude breaking bad on science fiction, why stop there arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/a...
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Anthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act “evil”
But training on "synthetic stories" that model good AI behavior can help.
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
All Paul Rebmann Nature Photography prints & products 20% off all Memorial Day weekend (up till midnight Monday Eastern time) paul-rebmann.pixels.com
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
May the Forest be with you today! We must take better care of our forests so there will be some left for our grandkids. Donate to environmental groups & elect representatives who will favor preserving our only planet. #ThereisNoPlanetB! Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2019/02/tran...
Photo of mostly a starry sky ranging from black at the top to greenish at the bottom. Some scattered clouds are near th bottom of the photo. Silohuetted in the foreground at the bottom of the photo are some coniferous trees and a hill on the right.
Text says, "May the forest be with you The Nature Conservancy"
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This month is #PeatFreeApril 🌱. We should all use peat-free growing media such as compost to help preserve our precious peatlands. Peat moss can never be sustainably harvested & if left in place it sequesters much more carbon than other soils. Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2021/08/peat...
Graphic with 3 photos and a big, red X in the center. Text says, "Just say NO!! to peat moss for gardening... - as a soil amendment - as pots and liners Sustainable alternatives are coconut coir and compost."
Photo on the left is of a hanging garden lined with peat moss with pink geraniums growing. Photo on the top right is of 2 little starter pots with seedlings growing in peat soil and several other little peat pots stacked together. Photo at the bottom right is a large pack of peat moss lying in a garden space lined with bricks. The peat moss is wrapped in white plastic with green writing and it's been split open so the peat inside is exposed.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Caribbean king crabs grown in a #Florida hatchery may be able to restore the coral reef www.wusf.org/environment/... via @wusf.org
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Caribbean king crabs grown in a hatchery may help to restore Florida's Coral Reef
The crustaceans eat algae which would otherwise block the needed sunlight, giving the corals space to grow and settle.
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Very cool!
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
#BloomingNow Chives(Allium schoenoprasum) & Meadow Garlic(A. canadense) While their flower heads look quite different, each floret has the 6-tepal configuration. (3 are petals and 3 are sepals, but they look the same, & are called tepals.) Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2024/11/chiv...
2 photos: On the left is a hand holding 2 flower heads: one is globe-shaped made of lavender florets, while the other has white florets on stalks with several bulblets forming a globe at the base. The one on the right is of fingers holding a lavender floret and a white floret. Each floret has 6 equal petals. The background for the photos is the vegetable garden where these plants are growing.
Text says, "Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) Meadow garlic (A. canadense)"
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
For those that ask about my strange-looking kayak paddle youtu.be/QlbuVGtx3F4?...
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A beginners guide to Greenland paddles
YouTube video by Cape Falcon Kayak
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Feeling prickly today?? Here's a prickly native, purple thistle (Cirsium horridulum) that has a beauty all its own and it attracts a wide array of pollinators. #PlantMoreNatives
A close-up photo of a plant with 2 large pale pink buds with many narrow petals that come together in a point. The stems are not visible because there are many pale green leaves with lobes that are sharp thorns that are subtending the buds.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Column: Tech bro targets #Florida scrub jay, tries to knock it off the endangered list because it got in his way. Muchas gracias to @scottmaxwell.bsky.social for mentioning my column on this in HIS column on it. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/04/01/f...
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Maxwell: Florida scrub-jay may lose protected status if aspiring homebuilder gets his way
A newcomer to Florida got upset after running into obstacles while trying to build a house that could impact the habitat of Florida’s endangered scrub-jay. So now he’s suing to strip the bird of its f...
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 02/04/2026
There’s already a date onboard for a general strike May 1st, National Strike No work, no school, no shopping www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...
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Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer | Common Dreams
Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
“Children huddled in dark and cold for the school bus! And has any DST backer tried putting a 10-year-old to bed at 9pm in daylight?” To profit golf and candy merchants, Congress extended DST from 6 to 7 months long—on this day in 1988.
Newspaper clipping from April 1, 1988. Headline: “The Candy Makers Love It – Daylight-Savings Law Leaves Kids Out in the Cold”.
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Jack O'Lantern Mushrooms #fungi #photo featured in Orange Euphoria @fineartamerica.bsky.social fineartamerica.com/groups/orang...
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Reduce lawn acreage & let the remaining be a #FreedomLawn. #PlantMoreNatives & #StopPoisons to support birds & pollinators, to become more sustainable, to be more pet & kid-friendly, & to save $$. Here are ideas & references to get started: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...
Photo (probably AI) showing an overhead view of 2 fenced-in backyards with the title, "A tale of two backyards." The yard on the left shows white, paved patio & walkway, a perfectly maintained lawn and uniform shrubs trimmed into cubes. Text says, "Left: $4,200/year in lawn care. Mowed weekly. Sprayed monthly. Edged perfectly. Zero birds. Zero butterflies. Zero life."
The one on the right shows a  wooden deck with a small pond with bird feeders around it. About half of the yard is filled with wildflower gardens & a few untrimmed shrubs. The lawn is not uniform with a few brownish patches. The text says. "Right: $200/year. Mowed twice monthly. Native plants in the corners. Water dish on the patio. 47 species of insects. 12 species of birds. 3 species of butterflies. One rabbit family.
Test at the bottom says, "Which is the better yard? Depends on whether you measure beauty in dollars or in heartbeats."
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megosselink.bsky.social @megosselink.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Huge turnout in St Augustine, Florida. #Nokings #staugustine
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Massive No Kings rally in Washington, D.C.
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taurusbutterfly.bsky.social @taurusbutterfly.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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taurusbutterfly.bsky.social @taurusbutterfly.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Now at the Florida Wildflower Festival in downtown DeLand (West Indiana Ave)
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A three-day kayak trip from Silver Springs to the Rodman Dam on the Ocklawaha River during a periodic drawdown of the reservoir in the latest Paul Rebmann Nature Photography newsletter www.wildflphoto.com/nl/nl202603....
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Paul Rebmann Nature Photography Newsletter
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Rodman Lakebed #Photo featured in A Tree or Trees in Black and White @fineartamerica.bsky.social fineartamerica.com/groups/a-tre...
Grayscale image showcasing intricate textures of crushed trees embedded in the lakebed of the Rodman Reservoir in Florida, exposed during a periodic drawdown. Also seen in the now visible mud bank are various shells. The wood's worn surfaces contrast sharply with the calm water.
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
TN Senate passed the bill to Protect Big South Fork River, now the house must pass it. I have both canoed down and hiked along the Big South Fork, a beautiful natural area.
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“Permanent DST would misalign human body clocks with morning sunlight, thereby disrupting circadian rhythms and causing heart attacks, strokes, depression…”
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COUNTERPOINT: Make year-long standard time the nationwide standard again

By William F. Shughart II, InsideSources.com The Tribune Content Agency

Updated March 4, 2026 6:44 PM Gift Article 

I’m one of the many Americans who hate being forced to time-shift twice a year. After only four months on standard time, daylight saving time returns with a vengeance on Sunday, March 8, when 2 a.m. abruptly becomes 3 a.m.

Only residents of Arizona (with the exception of those living on the land reserved for the Navajo Nation, which is compelled to follow Washington’s timekeeping edicts), Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and other outlying U.S. territories will not have their body clocks jolted by time suddenly “springing forward” one hour…
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Figs aren't fruit--they're actually inverted flowers that bloom inside a structure known as a ‘syconium.’ They are pollinated by tiny wasps that die once they are inside. So when we eat figs, we're consuming seeds, dead flowers, & dead wasps. So, are figs suitable for a vegan diet??
Drawing of purple figs with one cut in half to show the inside with its brown & yellow flowers and a hollow space. Text says, "Figs aren't fruit--they're actually inverted flowers. In figs, the tiny flowers bloom inside the fruit. This structure is known as a ‘syconium.’"
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
A Spanish moss draped cypress tree along Tobacco Patch Spring Run near the Ocklawaha River during the recent drawdown of the Rodman Reservoir. paul-rebmann.pixels.com/featured/spa...
Photograph of a Spanish moss draped cypress tree along Tobacco Patch Spring Run near the Ocklawaha River during the recent drawdown of the Rodman Reservoir.
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Southern red oak(Quercus falcata) is different because its leaves have a wide variety of leaf shapes, but all of them are somewhat elongated (falcate). Native from NY-TX, it's a drought-tolerant, wind-tolerant tree with good fall color, & 60+ feet. greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
Photo of an oak tree in the spring with its newly emerged yellow-green leaves and male catkins hanging down from the branches. The rest of the tree, wooded area & pale blue sky are out-of-focus in the background. 
Text says, "Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)"
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Rodman Lakebed black & white image showing crushed trees in the lakebed exposed during the current drawdown of the lake. paul-rebmann.pixels.com/featured/rod...
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I love Randall Monroe's nerdy & scientifically accurate rendition of the US.
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Christmas (wreath) lichen(Cryptothecia rubrocincta). Unlike many lichens, this one occurs on dead wood. The red pigment, chiodectonic acid, is produced to help tolerate inhospitable growing conditions. Read: “Lichen: a three-way symbiotic organism: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2020/11/lich...
Photo of at least 2 different lichens. One is pink with darker red wavy edges. The other is pale green.
Text says, "Christmas wreath lichen Cryptothecia rubrocincta"
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Kentucky, tell your KY state legislators to ditch Daylight Saving Time by sponsoring HB 368! www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...
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Kentucky: Tell State Lawmakers “Yes on HB 368”. Ditch DST!
Tell your state lawmakers to ditch Daylight Saving Time and restore permanent Standard Time! Daylight Saving Time makes us set our morning alarms an hour earlier than Standard Time, every work da...
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Louis Shalako @louisshalako.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Cuba: Millions without electricity as power grid collapses
Cuba's chronic fuel shortages have been exacerbated by a US blockade on oil shipments to the island.
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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Evan Tucker: Florida anglers know healthy rivers matter — and it’s time to restore the Ocklawaha
Restoring the Ocklawaha would strengthen fisheries, recreation, and river communities
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
White wild indigo (Baptisia alba), a perennial, is pollinated by large bees & is a host plant for butterflies. It’s native to eastern N. America. The shoots are unusual because the flower buds are fully formed as they emerge from the soil. Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2024/04/whit...
Photo of a plant with stalks of white flowers and trifoliate leaves in the sun. Shaded garden with a variety of wildflowers--some with blue flowers--is in the background.
Text says, "White wild indigo (Baptisia alba)"
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Cuban Treefrogs an Invasive species in Florida & beyond, spreading especially in the southeastern states. www.wildflphoto.com/species.php?... #InvasiveSpeciesWeek
Photograph showing the side view of an invasive Cuban treefrogPhotograph of an invasive Cuban treefrog through glass showing the eye and large toepads
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Everybody the Monday after “spring forward”… (except Arizona, Hawaii, U.S. territories… and most of the world)
Why are the humans up an hour early in dark? Abolish Daylight Saving Time
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Ceasarweed a FISC Cat I invasive species in Florida www.wildflphoto.com/species.php?... #InvasiveSpeciesWeek
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Defying #Florida DOT's homophobic erasure of rainbow crosswalks all across the state, St. Pete festival sends rainbow lasers into the evening sky in a display that organizers say can be seen from as far as 60 miles away. www.wmnf.org/winter-pride... via @wmnf.org
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Defiant St. Pete lights up the sky as Winter Pride Saint Pete shines 60 miles strong
Defiant Winter Pride Saint Pete lit up the sky with rainbow lasers that built into a legendary display visible up to 60 miles away.
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Such a sad story - I LMAO
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
President Convicted Felon's ocean regulation agency plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect endangered right whales, which number only 400 & give birth to calves off the #Florida coast every year. apnews.com/article/righ...
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US ocean regulator faces criticism over changes to right whale protection rule
The U.S.’s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing whales.
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Fox 5 Atlanta spoke with our nonprofit’s president about the need to Ditch DST and Save Standard Time (6-minute runtime): www.fox5atlanta.com/video/fmc-q0...
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Daylight Saving Time: do the risks outweigh the benefits?
We talk with a sleep expert, Jay Pea, President of Save Standard Time, about how "springing forward" for Daylight Saving Time affects our bodies and why it might not be the best thing for us.
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
#Bird-friendly landscapes = lots of caterpillars. Doug Tallamy's years-long research has shown that one pair of Chickadees requires 6,000 - 9,000 caterpillars to raise one clutch of young. Most caterpillars need native trees, especially oaks. Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
Line drawing of a caterpillar on a branch. Text under the drawing says, "'Caterpillars are the answer' Dr. Doug Tallamy, Auther of Nature's Best Hope, sheds light on the importance of caterpillars in our ecosystem"
Under the text is a photo of Doug Tallamy wearing a floppy hat and a plaid shirt.
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Why is it that the batteries in smoke detectors always die at night after you’ve gone to bed. I’ve never had one that did it during the daytime!
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NaturePaul @naturepaul.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The price might be unprecedented, but it has happened before. In the 1940’s, both in this country and Germany
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A #Florida man was part of the show! "If you, like millions of other Americans, watched Bad Bunny’s joyful Super Bowl halftime show last night, you may have seen a familiar face among the performers: Sarasota Orchestra music director Giancarlo Guerrero." www.sarasotamagazine.com/arts-and-ent...
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Yes, That Was Sarasota Orchestra Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero in the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Guerrero made an appearance during Bad Bunny's rousing performance.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 09/02/2026
K-Pop Superbowl Halftime next year. Let's keep the assholes angry.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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AnneA @annenc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Starts this Friday 🪶 #GBBC #birds
Poster for the Great Backyard Bird Count 2026
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Norah 🤗 @thenoraheffect.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I love Green Day so much and I’m so very happy they performed‘American Idiot’ because, well…you know… 😁
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Op-ed: "If it is Blue Origin’s mission to 'build a road to space for the benefit of earth,' one has to wonder why they are applying for permits to dump 500,000 gallons of untreated industrial wastewater into #Florida’s marine environment every single day." www.palmbeachpost.com/story/opinio...
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Blue Origin plan puts Indian River Lagoon at serious risk | Opinion
Opinion:Blue Origin wants to dump 500,000 gallons of untreated wastewater daily, a move environmental experts say could be catastrophic.
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