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Litigation Alert: Everglades Law Center Defends Local Conservation Authority Before the U.S. Supreme Court

June 23, 2026

Earlier this month, Everglades Law Center (ELC) submitted an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of ...

Miami-Dade Cities Overall Improve Stormwater Compliance, but Biscayne Bay is still at Risk

June 10, 2026

Miami-Dade County and its co-permittee municipalities obtain a C in stormwater permit compliance, an increase over the 2021 report, with progress in planning and documentation, ...

Settlement Secured in Challenge to Environmental Resource Permit for Proposed Mining / Water Resource Project adjacent to Everglades Infrastructure

March 2, 2026

MIAMI, Fla. — On February 18, 2026 the Everglades Law Center (ELC), and co-counsel Richard Grosso, P.A., Hartsell Ozery, P.A., and Douglas MacLaughlin, negotiated a ...

Litigation Update – Kingston

February 6, 2026

Today, Everglades Law Center, on behalf of the National Audubon Society (Audubon), filed a reply brief related to our request for a preliminary injunction in ...

Elizabeth Fata Carpenter Recognized as One of Miami’s Leading Environmental Advocates

August 22, 2025

We are thrilled to share that our very own Executive Director, Elizabeth Fata Carpenter, was recently featured in Miami Today “Best of Miami” special issue ...

Litigation Alert – Kingston

August 1, 2025

Everglades Law Center, on behalf of the National Audubon Society (Audubon), has challenged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) issuance of a Clean Water ...

Victory for Everglades Restoration: Federal Court Upholds Army Corps’ Efforts Against Sugar Industry Challenge

March 26, 2025

Yesterday, environmental and civic groups, state and local governments, and advocates for Everglades restoration celebrated a major legal victory in federal court. The 11th Circuit ...

Protecting Opa-locka’s Water: A Victory for Clean Water and Community Health

February 24, 2025

When communities come together to demand accountability, real change happens. That’s exactly what unfolded in Opa-locka, Florida, where a recent legal settlement under the Clean ...

Alert – Everglades Law Center Appellate Victory!

February 21, 2025

This week, Everglades Law Center and our co-counsel secured a legal win in our litigation to prevent the development of the South Dade Logistics and ...