The article is by The Associated Press. A federal judge on Thursday [Jan. 12] urged federal and state environmental officials to take real, concrete steps toward reducing pollution in the Florida Everglades and move away from the endless court battles that have stalled progress for more than two decades. U.S. District Judge Alan Gold pressed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Florida to work out the differences in competing Everglades restoration plans and come up with a guaranteed way to pay for the costly work. The hearing was the latest of many in a lawsuit originally filed in 2004 by the Miccosukee Indian tribe — whose reservation is in the Everglades — claiming state and federal agencies have repeatedly failed to enforce Clean Water Act standards in the vast wetlands. An even older lawsuit over many of the same issues dates to 1988.  (Read Full Article Here)