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treehugger.com - 3/6/2009

Florida to Charge Bottled Water Companies by the Gallon

— treehugger.com — Photo via Flickr Every day, 500,000 gallons get sucked up from a limestone basin in northern Florida by the Nestle Water Co. Every hour of each of those days, the water fills 102,000 plastic bottles at a nearby bottling plant. Nestle, and the 22 ... (more) Florida to Charge Bottled Water Companies by the Gallon

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thegreenparent.com - 3/19/2009

Going Green in the Florida Panhandle

— thegreenparent.com — Marissa Evans, Going Green in the Florida Panhandle Marissa Evans is a military spouse and a green mom to one very active toddler, Hudson. They live in Northwest Florida along the emerald coast in Navarre. She is a stay at home mom and an independent consultant for Go, Baby, Go! A cloth ... (more) Going Green in the Florida Panhandle

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guardian.co.uk - 3/6/2009

US plan would protect vast area of reef

— guardian.co.uk — • US group to vote in June on destructive fishing gear ban • 23,000 square miles of coral reefs would be affected A few miles from the south-east Florida coast, at a depth of crushing pressure and frigid temperatures, lies an eerie world of snowy ... (more) US plan would protect vast area of reef

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