'Superbloom' on Lake Okeechobee this spring?

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Toxic blue-green algae blooms on Lake Okeechobee are becoming a yearly occurrence. And this year’s bloom could be a doozy.

We could see a repeat of 2018, when a “superbloom” covered 90% of the lake in the wake of Hurricane Irma the year before. Toxic algae-laden discharges to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries, coupled with a red tide on the east and west coasts and the panhandle, turned 2018 one of the most environmentally damaging years in Florida’s history.

So what can we do to keep it from happening again?

Governor DeSantis made a major policy statement with Executive Order 23-06, but what's in it — and what isn't? And will it really turn the toxic tide in Florida? We break it down in our analysis here.

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