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  "path": "/2026/06/04/now-hitting-deadline-florida-flunks-everglades-pollution-cleanup/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T04:00:55.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "Commentary",
    "Environment",
    "Politics & Law",
    "Wild Florida!",
    "Clean Water Act",
    "David Struhs",
    "Dexter Lehtinen",
    "EAA",
    "Eve Samples",
    "Everglades",
    "Everglades Agricultural Area",
    "Everglades Forever Act",
    "Florida Department of Environmental Protection",
    "Friends of the Everglades",
    "Lake Okeechobee",
    "Lawton Chiles",
    "Marjorie Stoneman Douglas",
    "Miccosukee Tribe of Indians",
    "Mike Finley",
    "River of Grass",
    "South Florida Water Management District",
    "Stormwater Treatment Areas",
    "Tom Van Lent",
    "U.S> Army Corps of Engineers"
  ],
  "textContent": "The explorers of Florida found the lonely expanse of the Everglades to be downright f-f-f-f-frightening. “The bog is fearful,” one wrote during an 1892 expedition that took 21 days. “No island visible except the one we are making for — all saw grass and glades.” These days, crossing the Glades is as easy as paying […]",
  "title": "Now hitting deadline, Florida flunks Everglades pollution cleanup"
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