Florida's Department of Environmental Protection recently denied a permit request to build a landfill near the Green Swamp on the Southern edge of Florida's Nature Coast. GRN and other conservation groups opposed to the landfill are thrilled that it will no longer threaten the Floridian Aquifer that runs beneath it or the four major rivers that flow out of the Green Swamp (and provide much of Central Florida's drinking water). This battle was particularly hard-fought, and GRN congratulates all involved in the fight, particularly the Protectors of Florida's Legacy, a group out of Dade City, where the landfill was planned. You can read a great article with lots of links about it here.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb/12/121711/state-agency-denies-request-pasco-landfill/
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