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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Florida Everglades Is Testing Environmental Law

Officials building a Florida detention center appear to be skipping environmental reviews made mandatory decades ago after a fight over an airport at the very same spot.

© National Archives

A planned airport in the Everglades would have been the world’s biggest, but only one runway was built and it was rarely used.
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Florida Everglades Is Testing Environmental Law

Officials building a Florida detention center appear to be skipping environmental reviews made mandatory decades ago after a fight over an airport at the very same spot.

© National Archives

A planned airport in the Everglades would have been the world’s biggest, but only one runway was built and it was rarely used.
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Chemours, DuPont and Corteva Settle $875 Million New Jersey PFAS Claims

New Jersey officials called it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.

© Hannah Beier for The New York Times

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the deal on Monday, calling it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.
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