Will technology save us from toxic algae?

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U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds thinks toxic blue-green algae may have a high-tech solution. Donalds, a Naples Republican, has co-sponsored a house resolution to let the Environmental Protection Agency make grants to private firms that use emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics or distributed ledgers to tackle water quality problems.

Could this work, or it is just a techno-fantasy? We take a look in this week's newsletter.

VoteWater Executive Director Gil Smart will join Friends of the Everglades' Executive Director Eve Samples and Florida House Reps. Lindsay Cross and Anna Eskamani for a livestream discussion of the upcoming legislative session from noon-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Use the button below to register for the event.

Our Facebook post linking to a DiverNet.com article on swimming with sewage off Boyton Beach generated outrage, sadness - and dozens of comments.

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P.S. Signatures Needed! The "Right to Clean and Healthy Waters" petition needs 223,000 signatures by March 1 and 900,000 signature by November 30 to get on the 2024 ballot. The petition can be printed out and signed here: http://www.floridarighttocleanwater.org/