Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Promote an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest.

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News

North Florida’s water supply faces pressures on many fronts, including prolonged drought, declining aquifer levels, development, pollution and major changes in federal wetland protections following the Sackett decision.

LWVSC Action Alert

Action Alerts

South Carolina’s Public Service Commission (PSC) has given itself six months to review the largest utility merger in U.S. history — the proposed $67-billion deal between Florida power behemoth NextEra and Virginia’s Dominion Energy. If you are a Dominion customer, please plan to write, call, or attend a public hearing to comment on this merger. It is extremely important that individual Dominion ratepayers/customers in South Carolina make themselves heard.

Event Date: 
08/19/2026 - 11:15pm

Save the Date

Speaker Anthony Szczurek will speak on

"Climate as an Electoral Issue"

See your email for more information.

Registration opens August 5.

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Event Date: 
06/23/2026 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

Zoom

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On February 12, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed its 2009 Endangerment Fi

Event Date: 
09/19/2026 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Event location: 

Collaboratory

Recording:  2026 09 19 Our Waters, Our Vote Southwest Florida Water Summit 2026

Organized by the League of Women Voters of Lee County, Inc. and the Sierra Club

News

Californians all need to know the source of the water they rely on.  Source determines how the water gets to them and whether there is actually enough to meet their expectations.  Systems developed to acquire, mo

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