Can Florida's Everglades be saved? The future looks a bit uncertain. Pending tax cuts and a significant reduction in state revenues have officials rethinking building projects that would further encroach on the wildlife habitat and spacial extent of the Everglades.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:35:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43297/buyout-bid-threatens-everglades-protection-plan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA possible new bid has thrown a wrench into the state of Florida's plan to buy most of US Sugar's land for $1.34 billion and use it to help restore the Everglades, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The Lawrence Group, which has tried twice before to buy US Sugar, says it plans to offer a "far superior" deal for $300 a share, but the bid is not yet official.http://www.newser.com/story/43297/buyout-bid-threatens-everglades-protection-plan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 21 Nov 2008 8:09:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/31824/big-sugars-exit-gives-hope-to-everglades.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEverglades restoration may finally be a reality, writes Michael Grunwald in Yale Environment 360 during his “vacation from defeatism.” Florida's tentative $1.75 billion land deal with US Sugar would halt sugar production (and pollution) on nearly 300 square miles, and have an ecological ripple-effect that extends beyond saving the Florida Panther or sparing nature from suburban development.http://www.newser.com/story/31824/big-sugars-exit-gives-hope-to-everglades.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 07 Jul 2008 16:32:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30820/florida-buys-sugar-land-to-save-everglades.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFlorida plans to buy 187,000 acres of land from the nation's biggest sugar company in what both state officials and environmentalists are hailing as a landmark deal to save the Everglades, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Under the deal, which may not be finalized until November, Florida will pay $1.75 billion to acquire the land from US Sugar Corp. in six years.http://www.newser.com/story/30820/florida-buys-sugar-land-to-save-everglades.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 24 Jun 2008 16:29:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27850/everglades-wildfire-claims-33000-acres.html?refid=rss_all_defaultNearly 33,000 acres of Florida's Everglades National Park were burning yesterday with only 20% of the blaze contained, CNN reports. A dense smoke warning was in effect in parts of southern Florida as flames threatened an endangered sparrow species and private property. The fire is the latest in a series of wildfires sweeping Florida, including one near Daytona Beach that has spread over 12,000 acres.http://www.newser.com/story/27850/everglades-wildfire-claims-33000-acres.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 19 May 2008 1:47:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17411/building-costs-pinch-budgets.html?refid=rss_all_defaultRising interest rates, falling tax revenues, and construction costs that have skyrocketed are causing local and state governments to rethink projects as diverse as building new schools, repairing bridges, and roads, even constructing new levees in the Everglades, reports the New York Times. Experts say fast-growing global economies are also competing for building materials, inflating prices further.http://www.newser.com/story/17411/building-costs-pinch-budgets.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 01 Feb 2008 16:41:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59118/everglades-restoration-gains-urgency-as-climate-warms.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCAPTIVA ISLAND, Florida, January 14, 2008 (ENS) - Global warming means restoration of the Everglades is more important than ever, a University of Miami expert in coastal marine environments told hundreds of conservationists, scientists and state and federal leaders at the Everglades Coalition's annual conference on the weekend.http://www.newser.com/story/59118/everglades-restoration-gains-urgency-as-climate-warms.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 01 Feb 2008 17:11:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59113/state-leaders-working-to-save-everglades.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTwo of the most powerful people in the state were on Captiva fighting to save a Southwest Florida natural resource - the Everglades. The Everglades is Florida's last frontier and it's entering what may be its last fight. Friday night the struggle to save it played out in a Captiva ballroom.http://www.newser.com/story/59113/state-leaders-working-to-save-everglades.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 01 Feb 2008 17:03:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11270/congress-overrides-bush-veto.html?refid=rss_all_defaultPresident Bush was handed the first veto override of his two terms today as the Senate voted 79-14 to pass a $23-billion water-resources bill over his objections that it constituted "irresponsible spending." Thirty-four Republicans defied the president to vote for the bill; the House had voted 361-54 in favor two days ago.http://www.newser.com/story/11270/congress-overrides-bush-veto.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 01 Feb 2008 16:42:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10813/plan-to-save-everglades-sinking.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn $8 billion effort to reverse generations of destruction of Florida's Everglades is faltering because federal financing has slowed to a trickle. Despite a much-heralded bipartisan agreement in 2000, the 40-year project to save the subtropical marsh is already far behind schedule, and thousands of acres of wildlife habitat continue to be lost to developers and rock miners for the construction industry, reports the Times .http://www.newser.com/story/10813/plan-to-save-everglades-sinking.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 01 Feb 2008 16:41:02 CST