Authored by the American Water Security Project’s board chair Kirk Mantay, "Celebrate bi-partisan leadership on resiliency and water infrastructure" originally appeared in the Naples News-Press August 19, 2020. Despite what you may have heard about the 2020 Florida legislative session’s environmental policy outcomes, Floridians really ought to be pleased by the legislature’s hard work, and the [...]
Authored by the American Water Security Project’s Science Director Dr. Peter Barile, ‘Biscayne Bay is suffocating, and Miami-Dade County leaders continue to let it die‘ originally appeared in the Miami Herald September 6, 2020. Onlookers recently were shocked as thousands of fish and rays swam to the surface along the shores of northern Biscayne Bay gasping for air. [...]
Authored by the American Water Security Project’s Government Affairs Director Terry Gibson, 'New Florida Laws and Funding Set the Stage for Clean Water' originally appeared in the Coastal Breeze News August 27, 2020. In the 1980s, Dad began taking me on fly-fishing expeditions to Marco Island. He hired legendary captains Jim Grace and Phil Chapman—the latter was [...]
EcoRight Speaks EcoRight Speaks Podcast with AWSP Board Chair Kirk Mantay and Terry Gibson (click image to open) Your home for conservative climate news, guests, and more. Like you, we want to feel confident – not conflicted – as conservatives seeking action on climate change. That’s why we created the EcoRight Speaks podcast, to amplify [...]
Winning Water Way Clean Ups Lunker Dogs Reel Guy Show (click image to launch) Capt Jeff Maggio sits down with Terry Gibson from the American Water Security Project Terry Gibson was raised in West Palm Beach by avid sportsmen. He grew up a block from the Lake Worth Lagoon, which was ecologically collapsed due mostly [...]
Authored by the American Water Security Project’s government affairs director Terry Gibson, ‘New Laws should curb Florida's sewage treatment crisis‘ originally appeared in the Fort Lauderdale Edition of Coastal Angler Magazine, August 2020. I don’t have to tell anglers that Florida has a major poop problem. Aging, ailing wastewater infrastructure is major culprit that feeds harmful algal blooms and spreads fecal [...]
Authored by the American Water Security Project’s board member Nicole Kirchhoff, "House report shows way to help environment at limited cost" originally appeared in the Orlando Sentinel July 8, 2020. On June 30, the U.S. House’s Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, chaired by Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa), released a 500-plus page report that will [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Terry Gibson, American Water Security Project Phone: (772) 285-7683 Email: tgibson@awsproject.org Governor Signs Foundational Water Resource Bills AWSP applauds the passage of the Clean Waterways Act and the Environmental Accountability Act. [St Petersburg, Florida; June 30, 2020] — Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Clean Waterways Act and the Environmental [...]
22 June 2020 Governor Ron DeSantis 400 S. Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 Dear Governor DeSantis: As you move forward with signing legislation into state law, the American Water Security Project thanks you for your diligence in guiding Florida through the global pandemic and a period of domestic unrest.1 With the economic constraints resulting from these [...]
16 June 2020 Governor Ron DeSantis 400 S. Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 Dear Governor DeSantis: The American Water Security Project (AWSP) and the undersigned business owners thank you for your diligence in leading Florida through the global pandemic and a period of domestic unrest.1 With the economic constraints resulting from these events, your administration faces critical [...]
