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FPL nuclear plant canals likely violating water quality laws
May 25, 2026
Jenny Staletovich for the Miami Herald writes: Florida Power & Light’s troubled cooling canals, blamed for contaminating groundwater and now found to be leaking into Biscayne
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Judge: State Fails to Hold FPL to Account for Pollution Around Turkey Point
May 25, 2026
Tony Pipitone for NBC Miami writes: State environmental regulators are failing to stop Florida Power and Light from endangering Miami-Dade County’s primary source of
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Corps says disease, not dredging, hurt PortMiami coral
May 25, 2026
Jenny Staletovich for Miami Herald writes: A “catastrophic” outbreak of disease, not mud churned up by the $205 million “Deep Dredge” at PortMiami, killed
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On top of the water: Marine activist protects health of Biscayne Bay
May 25, 2026
Caitlin Granfield for the Miami Herald writes: If Rachel Silverstein could be compared to a TV character, Captain Planet would be it. Silverstein is
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Environmentalists Again Warn of Widespread Coral Damage in Port Everglades Expansion Project
May 25, 2026
Chris Joseph for the Broward Palm Beach New Times writes: Port Everglades is the third busiest cruise port and 11th busiest freight port in
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Whole Foods Market and Top Chef winner host benefit dinner for Miami Waterkeeper
May 25, 2026
Gabi Rodriguez for Miami’s Community Newspapers writes: Top Chef Season 13 winner Jeremy Ford and Whole Foods Market Miami teamed for a benefit dinner
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Army Corps’ ‘alternative facts’ bad news for our reefs | Opinion
May 25, 2026
Rachel Silverstein for Sun-Sentinel writes: In an age of alternative facts, perhaps the Army Corps of Engineers’ recent spate of publicly-disseminated falsehoods should feel
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Fifth Graders Learn About The Importance Of Water In Florida On World Water Day
May 25, 2026
Amanda Rabines for the Miami Herald writes: A group of fifth graders from Citrus Elementary School huddle around Dr. Julien Zaragoza, a teacher with
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Philippe Cousteau Jr. Educating Local Students On World Water Day
May 25, 2026
Wednesday is World Water Day and one of the names most synonymous with water research is in South Florida. Environmentalist Philippe Cousteau Jr, grandson
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Faulty Corps ‘fact’ sheet on Port Everglades dredge drawing fire
May 25, 2026
Jenny Staletovich for the Miami Herald writes: In advance of a $374 million dredging project at Port Everglades, the U.S. Corps of Engineers published a
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Toshiba won’t be building FPL’s nuclear reactors. Customers should not have to keep paying.
May 25, 2026
Rachel Silverstein for the Miami Herald writes: As a nonprofit organization that works to safeguard South Florida’s clean water, we’ve been hearing a lot
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Miami Waterkeeper: El agua del sur de la Florida tiene sus guardaespaldas
May 25, 2026
Diario Palm Beach writes: Vivir en Miami tiene sus encantos; su ambiente, su diversidad, la cultura, el arte y los emprendimientos que la caracterizan
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