Ties Between ‘Red Tide Expert’ (MOTE) and Florida Polluter (MOSAIC) Raises Red Flags
Why is one of Florida’s worst polluters sponsoring one of the state’s most powerful and prominent environmental organizations? MOTE Marine Labs, based in Sarasota, FL, is a non-profit, environmental advocacy organization. While positioning themselves as “Guardians of the sea, and all living things that depend on it,” their experts uniformly express skepticism about the role of land- and pollution-based factors in the worsening Red Tide, one of Florida’s most persistent environmental disasters affecting sea life. While they acknowledge nutrients play a role, they consider it a minimal one, which is why they consistently describe Red Tide as a “natural”...
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