#Florida’s #Environmental Failures Are a Warning for the Rest of the U.S.
By Jeff VanderMeer, July 12, 2023
"Dynamite and dredging were the tools chosen to drain the #Everglades and tame the waters. What once belonged to the #Tequesta #NativeAmericans, amid a wealth of #wildlife, became #ParkingLots and #Hotels owned by #WhitePeople. Today, many of those parking lots are submerged during #storms and, in some areas, the hotels overlook waters #toxic with #industrial and #construction #waste..."
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https://time.com/6288683/florida-desantis-environment-climate-change/
#DeSantis #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #Colonialism
#florida #environmental #everglades #tequesta #nativeamericans #wildlife #ParkingLots #Hotels #whitepeople #storms #toxic #industrial #construction #waste #desantis #ClimateChange #climatecatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #colonialism