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Increasing landfill space is also an issue. St. Lucie County is planning to experiment with burning trash through Plasma Arc Gasification to generate energy and reduce landfill space. The experiment will be the largest of its kind in the world to date, and begin operation no later than 2009. If successful, experts estimate that the entire St. Lucie County landfill, estimated to contain 4.3 million tons of trash, will disappear within 18 years. Materials created in the energy production can also be used in road construction. {Link without Title} Some are concerned about the effects of Climate Change . If warming continues and sea levels rise, it may compromise low-lying coastal areas and potentially contaminate the Everglades , St. Johns River and Biscayne Aquifer . Some already blame climate change for the major hurricanes of 2004 and 2005; however, recent research suggests the storms are part of a natural cycle and not Global Warming. Many More Hurricanes To Come A globally consistent reanalysis of hurricane variability and trends NOAA Attributes Recent Increase In Hurricane Activity To Naturally Occurring Multi-Decadal Climate Variability In July 2007, Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced plans to sign executive orders that would impose strict new air-pollution standards in the state, with aims to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 80 percent of 1990 levels by 2050. Crist's orders would set new emissions targets for power companies, automobiles and trucks, and toughen conservation goals for state agencies and require state-owned vehicles to use alternative fuels. Florida To Introduce Tough Greenhouse Gas Targets Red Tide has also been an issue on the Southwest coast of Florida. While there has been a great deal of conjecture over the cause of the toxic algae bloom, there is no evidence that it is being caused by pollution or that there has been an increase in the duration or frequency of red tides. Tide's toxins trouble lungs ashore SEE ALSO REFERENCES
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