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Emergency pumping to ease Everglades flooding could end up worsening pollution in Lake Okeechobee. At the start of the summer rainy season, western Broward and Miami-Dade counties are already filling up with too much water too fast. That has triggered extra pumping to save swamped wildlife and to also head off future risks for western communities. The emergency pumping is moving water north through Palm Beach County and into Lake Okeechobee —…

Epic rains this month quenched Florida’s drought, but sparked a tragic battle for survival in the Everglades with officials forced to choose which flora and fauna will live or die. To protect the nearly extinct Cape Sable seaside sparrow, federal wildlife managers are refusing to open floodgates that would drain water from more bloated areas, including southwest of Palm Beach County. Water levels are two feet higher than what is sustainable in…