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Florida agrees to buy swath of Everglades to protect it from oil drilling

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Florida agrees to buy swath of Everglades to protect it from oil drilling - Reuters

(Reuters) - The state of Florida has reached a deal with a private real estate firm to buy a large swath of environmentally sensitive wetlands in the heart of the Everglades to spare the tract from oil drilling, the governor announced on Wednesday.

Florida’s agreement to purchase 20,000 acres (8,094 hectares) of land from Kanter Real Estate LLC, if consummated, would mark the largest wetlands acquisition by the state in a decade, Governor Ron DeSantis said in a statement.
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The former owner, a real estate development company, wanted to drill for oil there.

Trump will have this reversed by the end of the week. Right now he's too busy watching his impeachment trial on TV.
 
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