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NRDC

NRDC: Sea-Level Rise to be Ignored in Florida Nuclear Reactor Licensing Review

January 1, 2014

NRDC writes: A judicial panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission late yesterday agreed to review two measures brought by environmental groups on the proposed license extension

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Miami Herald

Nuclear regulators to hear dispute over cooling canals at Turkey Point reactors

January 1, 2014

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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Waterkeeper Alliance

Waterkeepers Florida Committed to Protecting Sunshine State Waters

January 1, 2014

Julia Widmann for Waterkeeper Alliance writes: Regional entity Waterkeepers Florida came together early February for an in-person board meeting to set goals for the

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Miami Herald

FPL’s troubled cooling canals are about to get a new permit. Some say that’s a problem.

January 1, 2014

Jenny Staletovich for the Miami Herald writes: Nearly 10 years after the last one expired, Florida environmental regulators are poised to issue a new

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Miami Herald

He is going to walk the Miami Marathon with 30 pounds of trash on his back. Here’s why.

January 1, 2014

Michella Kaufman for the Miami Herald writes: Andrew Otazo, armed with a knife, gloves, a trash grabber, industrial-strength garbage bags and a powerful mission,

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Biscayne Times

The Toxic World Beneath Your Feet

January 1, 2014

Erik Bojnansky for the Biscayne Times writes: Kristen McLean has a mound on her front lawn. It isn’t part of some gardening fad. It’s

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Miami Herald

Miami-Dade’s 2020 budget approved, after demands to fix the county’s sewer system

January 1, 2014

Miami-Dade’s 2020 budget approved, after demands to fix the county’s sewer system A sewer pipe that carries 10 million gallons of sewage every day

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Keys News

Plastic straw ban draws more discussion

January 1, 2014

Kevin Wadlow for Keys News writes: A second showdown over a crackdown on plastic straws could return to Islamorada. “Any difference we make is

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Keys News

Village to limit fertilizer use

January 1, 2014

Kevin Wadlow for Keys News writes: Applying potent fertilizers to residential landscaping can be “too much of a good thing,” Islamorada Village Council members

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Miami Herald

That busted sewer pipe by Oleta Park was supposed to be replaced years ago by county

January 1, 2014

That busted sewer pipe by Oleta Park was supposed to be replaced years ago by county A sewer pipe that carries 10 million gallons

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Miami Beach Times

Health of Miami’s Biscayne Bay is at ‘Tipping Point’ According to Grand Jury

January 1, 2014

Health of Miami’s Biscayne Bay is at ‘Tipping Point’ According to Grand Jury | Miami Beach Times By Jai-Leen James, Contributing Reporter MIAMI BEACH,

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Brightsurf

Over half a million corals destroyed by port of Miami dredging, study finds

January 1, 2014

Bright Surf writes: A team of researchers including scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, published new

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