Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve is home to a vast array of plant and animal life, including mangroves, orchids, alligators, and the highly endangered Florida panther.
But that rich biodiversity is one of the key reasons environmentalists were outraged last week when the National Park Service approved Burnett Oil Company’s proposal to explore for oil in the southwest Florida preserve.
The Park Service completed an Environmental Assessment of the proposal, and found that the oil exploration outlined in the plan wouldn’t significantly impact the preserve.
Environmental groups, however, aren’t so sure....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/12/3777217/big-cypress-oil-exploration/
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