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Miami bans the use of glyphosate in a step to improve water quality
March 5, 2019
Ashley Curtin for Nation of Change writes: Miami, Florida voted unanimously to ban the use of glyphosate by city departments and contractors. The controversial
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The City of Miami Just Banned Glyphosate
March 4, 2019
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
March 1, 2019
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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The Garbage Marathoner
February 13, 2019
Kim Dinan and Shannon McGowan for Blue Ridge Outdoors write: Andrew Otazo stumbled across the finish line of the Miami Marathon roughly 10 hours
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Videos Show Dirty Stormwater Pumped Into Biscayne Bay and Swallowed by Manatee
February 5, 2019
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
January 30, 2019
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
January 29, 2019
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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Climate change is already costing Miami billions of dollars as septic tanks fail
January 24, 2019
Theodore Mattheiss for The Elm writes: Climate change, and the rising sea level that comes with it, is already having a very real, and
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Sea Rise Blamed for Failure of Miami-Dade Septic Tanks
January 15, 2019
Alex Harris for Insurance Journal writes: Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of septic tanks, and a new report reveals most are already malfunctioning –
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A $3 Billion Problem: Miami-Dade’s Septic Tanks Are Already Failing Due To Sea Rise
January 10, 2019
Alex Harris for WLRN writes: Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of septic tanks, and a new report reveals most are already malfunctioning — the
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Feds Won’t Turn Over Records Showing How PortMiami Dredging Affected Corals
December 31, 2018
Jessica Lipscomb for the Miami New Times writes: After a massive dredging project at PortMiami damaged an estimated half-million coral, environmental groups sued the
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H2O hero
December 27, 2018
Anja Maltav for Brickell Magazine writes: When Dana Tricarico arrived in Miami to obtain her Master’s in Professional Science at UM’s RSMAS on Virginia Key,
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