FLORIDA HAS ALREADY LOST

FLORIDA HAS ALREADY LOST SO MUCH OF ITS CORAL REEFS SO WHY ARE WE STILL DEBATING A PROJECT THAT SCIENTISTS SAY COULD DAMAGE ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST REEFS WE STILL HAVE LEFT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING EXPANDING THE SHIPPING CHANNEL AT PORT EVERGLADES TO FIT LARGER CARGO SHIPS SUPPORTERS SAY IT'LL BOOST THE ECONOMY SCIENTISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SAY DREDGING COULD BURY ENDANGERED CORALS IN SEDIMENT AND DAMAGE A REEF THAT'S ALREADY SURVIVED RECORD HEAT DISEASE AND DECADES OF DECLINE THIS IS THE CONVERSATION WE SHOULD BE HAVING NOT ECONOMY OR ENVIRONMENT OUR ECONOMY WITHOUT DESTROYING THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT MAKE FLORIDA FLORIDA BECAUSE ONCE A CORAL REEF DIES YOU DON'T JUST BUILD ANOTHER ONE SOME THINGS TAKE CENTURIES TO GROW AND ONLY DAYS TO DESTROY