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Nation Of Change

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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Eco Watch

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 New Times

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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Blue Ridge Outdoors

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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Miami New Times

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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Law

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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Runners World

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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Washcoll

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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Insurance Journal

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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WLRN

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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Miami New Times

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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Brickell Magazine

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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