Press Releases

8/4/20: FDACS SMOKES THE GLADES, AGAIN New sugar field burning rules are a day late and a dollar short http://www.sierraclubfloridanews.org/2020/08/press-release-fdacs-smokes-glades-again.html

7/30/20: GLADES ACTIVISTS TO COMMISSIONER FRIED: “Stop Sacrificing Black Lives to Appease Big Sugar” http://www.sierraclubfloridanews.org/2020/07/press-release-commissioner-fried-stop.html

6/4/20: GLADES ACTIVISTS TO COMMISSIONER FRIED: Walk the talk! Repair the injustice of yesterday and today http://www.sierraclubfloridanews.org/2020/06/press-release-glades-activists-to.html
6/3/20: Stop The Burn Campaign Solidarity with Black Lives Matter: http://www.sierraclubfloridanews.org/2020/06/stop-burn-campaign-solidarity-with_3.html

4/27/20: 200+ ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON AG COMMISSIONER FRIED TO END PRE-HARVEST SUGAR FIELD BURNING http://www.sierraclubfloridanews.org/2020/04/press-release-200-organizations-call-on.html

3/25/20: COVID-19 THREAT UNDERSCORES NEED TO END PRE-HARVEST SUGAR FIELD BURNING http://www.sierraclubfloridanews.org/2020/03/press-release-covid-19-threat.html

11/23/19: MUCK CITY AFLAME: Stop the Burn protest highlights failure of FDACS to protect community http://www.sierraclubfloridanews.org/2019/11/muck-city-aflame-stop-burn-protest.html

10/1/19: Public Safety Comes First? Changes to Pre-Harvest Sugar Field Burning Fall Short http://www.sierraclubfloridanews.org/2019/10/public-safety-comes-first-changes-to.html

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