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Cutting sugar cane stalks, not burning them, could make money, Belle Glade officials told
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe practice of cutting off the tough outer husks of sugar cane stalks as an alternative to burning...
Sugar cane burn season still blankets Florida with smoke, even after study showing it kills people
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Florida's pre-harvest sugar cane burning season began on Oct. 3 with fires across 160 acres of...
Glades residents left behind: Nikki Fried’s ‘changes’ to cane burning served only Big Sugar
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAcrid smoke from burning sugar cane fields still clouded the skies over Glades residents into the...
'Get off our lungs!': 60 rally against sugar-cane burning in Glades
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWEST PALM BEACH — Glades residents who want to end the sugar-cane burning they say pollutes their...
Sugar cane burning deserves attention from Florida Department of Health | Editorial
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEditorials from The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board are the opinions of the Board, not of the Post...
Sugar cane fire pollution kills up to three South Floridians yearly, study finds
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo to three people in South Florida die prematurely each year because of exposure to pollution from...
Why Palm Beach County's health department hasn't sounded the alarm on sugar-cane burning
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDespite mounting evidence that pollution from sugar-cane burning in the Glades shortens the lives of...
In South Florida, ‘black snow’ makes breathing difficult for some Black and Latino residents
NBC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAfter Florida State University published a study about the effects of burning sugar cane on...
Lawrence E. Will Museum to open football exhibit honoring Glades greats
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo Sports· 6 months ago"Belle Glade is known for farming and football," says Cheryl Stein, curator of the Lawrence E. Will...
Are Florida’s sugar farms a greenhouse gas hot spot? Studies point to soil loss
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt used to be the water spilled over Lake Okeechobee’s southern shore, flowing eventually into the...