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Media Mentions
Our work and commentary on major environmental and land use issues facing Florida and our country appear frequently in the media. Recent coverage ...
Big WIn on Siesta Key...
https://www.fox13news.com/video/1267856
Our recent legal victory in a challenge to a Sarasota County Ordinance that lifted the hotel density cap on the hurricane - vulnerable barrier island of Siesta Key was reported here ...
Read about our successful efforts to secure Lee County's denial of request to up-zone coastal property to allow higher density here ...https://sccf.org/blog/2023/04/05/county-denies-eden-oak-rezoning-request/
Richard is quoted in a recent NPR article on the impact Florida's weakened land use planning laws had on increasing the destruction brought by Hurricane Ian.
A recent So Fla. Sun Sentinel editorial quotes Richard's legal opinion in opposition to a high - rise condo on public beachfront property on Hollywood Beach ...
Richard Grosso commenting on the Florida Cabinet approval of a highway through the Everglades in Miami-Dade County
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article254433198.html
Richard Grosso quoted in March 24, 2021 Miami Herald article, County report, project proposal add to development pressure around Homestead Air Base… https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article250037274.html
Richard Grosso 2021 interview on Hot Issues in South Florida’s Environment on the “Cut to the Chase” podcast …https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-issues-in-south-floridas-environment/id1551362164?i=1000507907748
Richard Grosso quoted in February 25, 2021 Miami Public Radio article, Sewage Problems A Sign Of Infrastructure Woes For Other Coastal Cities … https://www.wlrn.org/news/2021-02-25/a-year-since-the-spills-fort-lauderdale-sewage-problems-a-sign-of-infrastructure-woes-for-other-coastal-cities
January 8, 2021 Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida Facebook Live Interview with Richard Grosso … https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1002235833520529&ref=watch_permalink
October 19, 2020 Friends of the Everglades announcement of its amicus brief authored by Richard Grosso in support of a US Supreme Court reversal of recent damage award against prominent environmental activist Maggy Hurchalla for speaking out against a mining project…https://www.everglades.org/friends-of-the-everglades-stands-with-maggy-hurchalla/
Richard Grosso Sept. 5, 2020 Tampa Bay Times OpEd, Kill these 3 toll roads to nowhere before they do real harm… https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2020/09/05/kill-these-3-toll-roads-to-nowhere-before-they-do-real-harm-column/
Listen to Richard’s April 28, 2020 interview on Florida Keys Media radio about the Florida Keys growth limit increases … https://soundcloud.com/user-742256275/mm-20200428?in=user-742256275/sets/morning-magazine at 1:10:25
Interview with Richard Grosso, Sept. 23, 2019, Law and Disorder podcast on the public’s right to speak out on environmental issues in light of a recent damage award against prominent environmental activist Maggy Hurchalla… https://lawanddisorder.org/category/climate-change/
Richard Grosso quoted in Sept. 8, 2019 New York Times article, The Florida Activist Is 78. The Legal Judgment Against Her Is $4 Million … https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/us/maggy-hurchala-florida-mining.html
Richard Grosso’s trial work opposing a highway through the Everglades is described in a July 30, 2019 Miami Herald article, $1 billion highway plan in doubt. Hearing reveals it would save Kendall drivers just 6 minutes… https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article233111085.html
June 18, 2018 Miami Herald OpEd by Richard Grosso, Expanding 836 highway would be a big — and destructive — step backward … https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article213428434.html
Richard Grosso quoted in a June 11, 2018 Miami Herald article, Is Gov. Scott's affordable-housing proposal for the Keys a fix or a problem? … https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212941269.html
Richard Grosso OpEd, May 30, 2018, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Rising sea demands that South Florida do more to address the threat … https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-viewpoint-rising-seas-demand-south-florida-action-20180530-story.html
Richard Grosso quotes in Jan. 10, 2018 So Fla. SunSentinel Editorial on proposed Florida Constitutional Amendment.
Nov 6, 2017 Palm Beach Post Article, COBWRA hires land-use lawyer to fight GL Homes’ Ag Reserve plan … https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local-govt--politics/cobwra-hires-land-use-lawyer-fight-homes-reserve-plan/mjH7cF2z9EsfnSaBgbwdrN/
Richard Grosso interviewed in June 17, 2019 WGCU newscast feature on Lee County wetland issues … https://news.wgcu.org/show/gulf-coast-life/2019-06-17/efforts-to-change-rock-mining-permitting-process-commercial-development-on-wetlands-in-lee-county
Richard Grosso quoted in Time Magazine (online), Aug. 30, 2017 article, Florida's Textbooks Are a New Battleground in America's Fight Over Facts … https://time.com/4910125/textbook-law-florida/
Richard was quoted in The American Prospect, Winter 2016, regarding sea level rise and development in Miami. http://read.nxtbook.com/tap/theamericanprospect/theamericanprospectwinter2016/thatsinkingfeeling.html
Media Mentions
Our work and commentary on major environmental and land use issues facing Florida and our country appear frequently in the media. Recent coverage ...
Our recent legal victory in a challenge to a Sarasota County Ordinance that lifted the hotel density cap on the hurricane - vulnerable barrier island of Siesta Key was reported here ...
Read about our successful efforts to secure Lee County's denial of request to up-zone coastal property to allow higher density here ...https://sccf.org/blog/2023/04/05/county-denies-eden-oak-rezoning-request/
Richard is quoted in a recent NPR article on the impact Florida's weakened land use planning laws had on increasing the destruction brought by Hurricane Ian.
A recent So Fla. SunSentinel editorial quotes Richard's legal opinion in opposition to a high - rise condo on public beachfront property on Hollywood Beach ...
Richard Grosso commenting on the Florida Cabinet approval of a highway through the Everglades in Miami-Dade County
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article254433198.html
Richard Grosso quoted in March 24, 2021 Miami Herald article, County report, project proposal add to development pressure around Homestead Air Base… https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article250037274.html
Richard Grosso 2021 interview on Hot Issues in South Florida’s Environment on the “Cut to the Chase” podcast …https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-issues-in-south-floridas-environment/id1551362164?i=1000507907748
Richard Grosso quoted in February 25, 2021 Miami Public Radio article, Sewage Problems A Sign Of Infrastructure Woes For Other Coastal Cities … https://www.wlrn.org/news/2021-02-25/a-year-since-the-spills-fort-lauderdale-sewage-problems-a-sign-of-infrastructure-woes-for-other-coastal-cities
January 8, 2021 Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida Facebook Live Interview with Richard Grosso … https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1002235833520529&ref=watch_permalink
October 19, 2020 Friends of the Everglades announcement of its amicus brief authored by Richard Grosso in support of a US Supreme Court reversal of recent damage award against prominent environmental activist Maggy Hurchalla for speaking out against a mining project…https://www.everglades.org/friends-of-the-everglades-stands-with-maggy-hurchalla/
Richard Grosso Sept. 5, 2020 Tampa Bay Times OpEd, Kill these 3 toll roads to nowhere before they do real harm… https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2020/09/05/kill-these-3-toll-roads-to-nowhere-before-they-do-real-harm-column/
Listen to Richard’s April 28, 2020 interview on Florida Keys Media radio about the Florida Keys growth limit increases … https://soundcloud.com/user-742256275/mm-20200428?in=user-742256275/sets/morning-magazine at 1:10:25
Interview with Richard Grosso, Sept. 23, 2019, Law and Disorder podcast on the public’s right to speak out on environmental issues in light of a recent damage award against prominent environmental activist Maggy Hurchalla… https://lawanddisorder.org/category/climate-change/
Richard Grosso quoted in Sept. 8, 2019 New York Times article, The Florida Activist Is 78. The Legal Judgment Against Her Is $4 Million … https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/us/maggy-hurchala-florida-mining.html
Richard Grosso’s trial work opposing a highway through the Everglades is described in a July 30, 2019 Miami Herald article, $1 billion highway plan in doubt. Hearing reveals it would save Kendall drivers just 6 minutes… https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article233111085.html
June 18, 2018 Miami Herald OpEd by Richard Grosso, Expanding 836 highway would be a big — and destructive — step backward … https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article213428434.html
Richard Grosso quoted in a June 11, 2018 Miami Herald article, Is Gov. Scott's affordable-housing proposal for the Keys a fix or a problem? … https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212941269.html
Richard Grosso OpEd, May 30, 2018, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Rising sea demands that South Florida do more to address the threat … https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-viewpoint-rising-seas-demand-south-florida-action-20180530-story.html
Richard Grosso quotes in Jan. 10, 2018 So Fla. SunSentinel Editorial on proposed Florida Constitutional Amendment.
Nov 6, 2017 Palm Beach Post Article, COBWRA hires land-use lawyer to fight GL Homes’ Ag Reserve plan … https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local-govt--politics/cobwra-hires-land-use-lawyer-fight-homes-reserve-plan/mjH7cF2z9EsfnSaBgbwdrN/
Richard Grosso interviewed in June 17, 2019 WGCU newscast feature on Lee County wetland issues … https://news.wgcu.org/show/gulf-coast-life/2019-06-17/efforts-to-change-rock-mining-permitting-process-commercial-development-on-wetlands-in-lee-county
Richard Grosso quoted in Time Magazine (online), Aug. 30, 2017 article, Florida's Textbooks Are a New Battleground in America's Fight Over Facts … https://time.com/4910125/textbook-law-florida/
Richard was quoted in The American Prospect, Winter 2016, regarding sea level rise and development in Miami. http://read.nxtbook.com/tap/theamericanprospect/theamericanprospectwinter2016/thatsinkingfeeling.html