Today, Florida has thousands of miles of rivers and streams contaminated with fecal bacteria. Eighty percent of our 1,000 springs are impaired. Red tides have increased in alarming frequency, duration, and virulence. They and blue-green algae blooms choke our waters and our local economies. Manatees are dying in historic numbers as seagrass beds disappear.t all begins with an idea.

Here’s what Floridians need to know about the first lawsuit involving New York’s Green Amendment, approved by voters in 2021, and every New Yorker’s “right to clean air and water and a healthy environment,” a right we in Florida do not have.