Earlier this month, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection revealed that it had sanctioned a Texas-based company for unauthorized fracking in in an area surrounded by the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Critics of plans to drill in the Everglades were further dismayed that the fracking and sanctions against the Dan A. Hughes Co. dates back to December, but were not disclosed at lat month's hearings about the Hughes Co.'s Florida activity, the Broward/Palm Beach New Times reports.
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is considered the gateway to the Western Everglades.
Hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") entails blasting water and chemicals into the ground to release oil and natural gas. Its effects on human health and the environment is controversial.
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