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Ultra Lawyer: Environmental Concerns Are Overblown, No Wildlife Will Be Harmed
May 25, 2026
Brittany Shammas for the Miami New Times writes: This weekend, Ultra will draw about 125,000 EDM fans to its new home on Virginia Key,
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Ultra traffic could paralyze causeway in Miami. Here’s the plan to avoid that.
May 25, 2026
Joey Flechas for the Miami Herald writes: Ultra Music Festival will bring up to 60,000 people a day to its new venue on Virginia
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Miami Waterkeeper Calls Ultra’s Environmental Plan ‘Inadequate’
May 25, 2026
Raquel Ponce for EDM Tunes writes: It’s exactly two weeks until Ultra Miami. Ever since they announced the location change, it seems like the festival has
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Ultra Isn’t Doing Enough to Protect Virginia Key Wildlife, Miami Waterkeeper Says
May 25, 2026
Brittany Shammas for the Miami New Times writes: Ever since Miami city commissioners approved Ultra Music Festival’s move from downtown to Virginia Key, environmentalists
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Atomic board grants hearing on cooling canals
May 25, 2026
Theresa Java Free Press Staff for Keys News writes: An independent panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted environmental groups a hearing
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NRDC: Sea-Level Rise to be Ignored in Florida Nuclear Reactor Licensing Review
May 25, 2026
A judicial panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission late yesterday agreed to review two measures brought by environmental groups on the proposed license extension of the
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Nuclear regulators to hear dispute over cooling canals at Turkey Point reactors
May 25, 2026
Jenny Staletovich for the Miami Herald writes: Nuclear regulators this week ordered a hearing over contentious plans to keep Turkey Point’s 1970s-era reactors and troubled cooling canals operating
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The City of Miami Just Banned Glyphosate
May 25, 2026
Olivia Rosane for Eco Watch writes: There are growing concerns about both the safety and proliferation of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller. Those concerns are
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Miami Bans Controversial Herbicides That Are Killing Biscayne Bay
May 25, 2026
Jessica Lipscomb for the Miami New Times writes: Glyphosate is a popular ingredient in weed-killing herbicides because it’s extremely effective. But it’s also a
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Videos Show Dirty Stormwater Pumped Into Biscayne Bay and Swallowed by Manatee
May 25, 2026
Jessica Lipscomb for Miami New Times writes: On a cloudy Tuesday morning in South Beach, a man stands on a seawall at the edge
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South Florida Litigators Haggle Over Environmental Impact of Deregulation Under Trump
May 25, 2026
Zach Schlien for Law.com writes: As the two-year mark of the Donald Trump presidency passes, data on the effects of the administration’s deregulatory efforts
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Meet the Man Who Completed a Marathon Carrying 30 Pounds of Garbage on His Back
May 25, 2026
Derek Call for Runners World writes: The final finisher of Sunday’s Miami Marathon was running on fumes. His mind was so fried he couldn’t
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