Tag: Port Everglades
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Why does Broward want to buy a car lot for millions more than its assessed value?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A company called 2150 NE 7 Ave LLC bought a Dania Beach car lot for $21 million in December and now, four months later, wants to flip about half of it – 4.5 acres – to Broward County for $15.75 million. -
Whistleblower accuses Port Everglades’s Cliff Berry Inc., two other clean-up companies of fraud, illegally dumping oily sludge
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Port Everglades’s Cliff Berry Inc., two other clean-up companies accused of fraud and illegally dumping oily sludge. -
As liquified gas exports surge at Port Everglades, risk of catastrophic accident on roads or rail increase
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
More than a half-million men, women and children in South Florida who live near truck and rail routes used to ship surging supplies of volatile liquefied natural gas (LNG) are at risk of a potentially catastrophic accident, according to a national non-profit environmental advocacy group. -
Fearing catastrophe, national nonprofit asks Broward to ban LNG shipments at Port Everglades
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Reacting to a significant increase in the transport of highly volatile liquified natural gas (LNG) through Broward to Port Everglades for export, a nationwide nonprofit watchdog has asked the county commission to close the port to all future LNG shipments. -
EPA proposes big expansion of Port Everglades offshore dump; time running out for public comment
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
With Floridians focused on surviving the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to significantly expand an underwater dump site off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. -
Broward County bosses deep-six whistleblower complaints, suit says
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s top administrators have repeatedly covered up employee whistleblower complaints about serious failures, including missteps that led to a fatal accident at Port Everglades, according to new court documents.
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