/tags/u-s-sugar U.S. Sugar en-US WLRN Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-01-11/theres-no-safe-level-glades-sugarcane-burns-continue-despite-link-to-tenfold-mortality-increase Sugarcane smoke “Black Snow” burns continue despite FSU study linking pollutants to handful of deaths. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-01-11/theres-no-safe-level-glades-sugarcane-burns-continue-despite-link-to-tenfold-mortality-increase Wilkine Brutus /latin-america/2022-12-06/harsh-living-and-labor-conditions-for-cane-cutters-in-the-dominican-republic As the U.S. bans sugar imports from prominent Dominican company Central Romana over forced labor allegations, the South Florida Roundup talked to an investigative reporter about the reality faced by workers in the industry. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:09:02 GMT /latin-america/2022-12-06/harsh-living-and-labor-conditions-for-cane-cutters-in-the-dominican-republic Natu Tweh /news/2022-03-01/glades-residents-drop-federal-lawsuit-against-sugar-farmers The federal fight against the soot and ash from pre-harvest sugarcane burns has ended — for now. Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:05:47 GMT /news/2022-03-01/glades-residents-drop-federal-lawsuit-against-sugar-farmers Wilkine Brutus /news/2022-02-28/florida-residents-drop-sugarcane-burning-lawsuit Attorneys from both sides agreed that the case, which claimed the burns reduce property values and compromise air quality, should be dismissed. Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:45:46 GMT /news/2022-02-28/florida-residents-drop-sugarcane-burning-lawsuit The Associated Press /news/2021-11-23/feds-file-lawsuit-in-effort-to-block-u-s-sugar-deal The U.S. Department of Justice filed the lawsuit in federal court in Delaware, arguing that the combination of Clewiston-based U.S. Sugar and Imperial Sugar Co., would hurt customers in the Southeastern United States. Tue, 23 Nov 2021 22:41:15 GMT /news/2021-11-23/feds-file-lawsuit-in-effort-to-block-u-s-sugar-deal Jim Saunders / News Service of Florida /2021-08-31/covid-19-antibody-treatment-bocas-new-building-code-and-sugar-growers-sue-over-everglades The governor is touting the monoclonal antibody treatment but is it safe and is it effective? Boca Raton recently enacted the strictest building inspection code in the state. Plus, a battle over the Everglades between sugar companies and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:54:48 GMT /2021-08-31/covid-19-antibody-treatment-bocas-new-building-code-and-sugar-growers-sue-over-everglades Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /news/2021-08-27/sugar-growers-sue-army-corps-to-stop-everglades-reservoir A lawsuit filed by sugar growers this week claimed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated a congressional order to protect water supplies and asked a judge to send the reservoir back to the Corps for a new environmental review. Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:57:24 GMT /news/2021-08-27/sugar-growers-sue-army-corps-to-stop-everglades-reservoir Jenny Staletovich /news/2021-04-16/right-to-farm-act-expansion-would-give-sugar-industry-immunity-shield-from-lawsuits-says-state-rep Democratic state Rep. Omari Hardy, who represents north Palm Beach County along the coast, says the particle emissions added in the proposed expansion of the "Right to Farm Act" will negatively impact marginalized communities. Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:00:40 GMT /news/2021-04-16/right-to-farm-act-expansion-would-give-sugar-industry-immunity-shield-from-lawsuits-says-state-rep Wilkine Brutus /news/2020-12-28/belle-glades-falling-black-snow-is-an-even-greater-concern-as-the-covid-19-pandemic-continues People who live in Belle Glade, and surrounding rural areas where sugarcane burning takes place, have been worried about health hazards for a long time — they say now, with the pandemic, they're even more concerned about exposure to the smoke. Mon, 28 Dec 2020 23:06:52 GMT /news/2020-12-28/belle-glades-falling-black-snow-is-an-even-greater-concern-as-the-covid-19-pandemic-continues Wilkine Brutus /news/2017-04-10/with-revisions-controversial-water-storage-reservoir-bill-passes-senate-committee A controversial plan to build a reservoir that would help address damaging water discharges in the Everglades ecosystem is one step closer to being… Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:23:22 GMT /news/2017-04-10/with-revisions-controversial-water-storage-reservoir-bill-passes-senate-committee