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Miami-Dade commissioners approve spending $1.6 billion to fix water, sewer pipes
May 25, 2026
Patrica Mazzei for the Miami Herald writes: Miami-Dade commissioners swallowed hard medicine Tuesday, approving an agreement with the federal and state governments to settle
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State of Florida wants to add more dangerous chemicals to our water
May 25, 2026
Rachel Silverstein for the Miami Herald writes: Despite the ongoing Florida water quality emergency —a deluge of toxic green sludge coating the Treasure Coast
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Federal judge reopens lawsuit over PortMiami expansion project
May 25, 2026
Emily Cochrane for the Miami Herald writes: A Florida federal judge has granted a request from environmentalists to reopen their lawsuit against the U.S.
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Why are Florida’s coral reefs dying?
May 25, 2026
The coral reefs in southern Florida are dying after suffering through multiple changes to their environment. CNN’s Boris Sanchez details the environmental damage. Read
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Global coral bleaching could land heavy blow on Florida’s recovering reefs
May 25, 2026
Jenny Staletovich of the Miami Herald writes: A global coral bleaching that now ranks as the largest and longest on record could count Florida
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From Miami to Australia—Dredging and industrial activities killing coral reefs
May 25, 2026
Erica Cirino of National Geographic writes: In the Port of Miami, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ recent dredging project has buried as much as
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A Miami port dredging project may have damaged the city’s offshore coral reef
May 25, 2026
Emmett FitzGerald of The World writes: In 2013, when the Army Corps of Engineers dredged sediment out of the Port of Miami and transported
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Florida Dredging Would Cut Path Across Corals in ‘Crisis’
May 25, 2026
John Upton for Climate Central writes: As America’s only barrier reefs bleach, dissolve and succumb to disease, experts worry that a $320 million plan
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Cousteau warns of reef damage in Florida port project
May 25, 2026
AFP for Daily Mail UK writes: Filmmaker and conservationist Philippe Cousteau has warned that a multimillion-dollar plan to deepen an international shipping port off
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Florida Roundup: President Obama’s Historic Visit To Cuba
May 25, 2026
Julia Duba for WLRN writes: President Obama is going to Cuba this weekend. WLRN’s Tom Hudson and Tim Padgett are there awaiting Obama’s visit. What
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The radiation from Turkey Point should worry you — but not for the reasons you think
May 25, 2026
Roshan Nebhrajani for The New Tropic writes: So you’ve been hearing a lot about an unfamiliar radioactive isotope clocking in at 215 times the
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Nuclear Plant Threatens Miami-Dade’s Water. Mayor Says, ‘This Isn’t Flint’
May 25, 2026
A study shows excessive saltwater from Florida Power and Light’s nuclear plant is threatening Biscayne Bay and the aquifer that supplies much of Miami’s
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