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Environmental Groups Want EPA To Nix Florida’s New Water Standards
May 25, 2026
Jim Ash for WFSU writes: With a series of legal challenges still hanging fire, environmental groups are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to
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Environmentalists to EPA: Reject Fla.’s water toxins rule
May 25, 2026
Jim Waymer for Florida Today writes: Three nonprofit environmental groups are calling on the federal government to toss out Florida’s new water toxins rule as too
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Mud from PortMiami dredge spurred coral die-off, study finds
May 25, 2026
Jenny Staletovich of the Miami Herald writes: A new study has confirmed what federal wildlife officials long suspected: dredging at PortMiami to make way
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Leonardo DiCaprio Screens His Epic Film on Climate Change at UM
May 25, 2026
Robert C. Jones, Jr. for News @ the U writes: From the White House on one day to a college campus cinema the next,
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DiCaprio climate change film ‘Before the Flood’ debuts as Hurricane Matthew looms
May 25, 2026
Joey Flechas for the Miami Herald writes: An hour before his documentary on climate change was screened for a Miami Beach that knows the
Read moreFPL wants to keep old reactors running. New sea-rise studies could stand in the way
May 25, 2026
Jenny Staletovich for the Miami Herald writes: This spring when Florida Power & Light asked nuclear regulators to keep its aging reactors along the
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Miami-Dade commissioners balk at FPL deal to use county wastewater
May 25, 2026
Jenny Staletovich of the Miami Herald writes: Miami-Dade County commissioners on Thursday balked at a potential deal Mayor Carlos Gimenez has struck with Florida Power &
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Miami is not Plastic
May 25, 2026
Food and Beverage Magazine writes: The #MiamiIsNotPlastic campaign – a joint effort between Key Biscayne Florida’s iconic waterfront restaurant Rusty Pelican, its neighboring sister restaurant Whisky Joe’s,
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Miami Septic Company Caught Dumping Liquid Waste Into Storm Drains
May 25, 2026
Jessica Lipscomb for the Miami New Times writes: In February 2016, a tipster reported a septic truck driver for dumping liquid waste next to
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Miami-Dade Commissioner Says Lower Water-Quality Standards Put Floridians at Risk
May 25, 2026
Jessica Lipscomb for the Miami New Times writes: Two years ago, Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection unveiled a new set of water-quality standards that
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Escape Winter Malaise with Balarama Heller’s Stunning Photos of Miami’s Waterways
May 25, 2026
Water is more than just a ubiquitous presence in Miami—it defines the city’s way of life. Whether gazed upon, sipped, swum in, fished, or
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May 25, 2026
Taylor Estape for the Miami New Times writes: If you’ve ever lived anywhere but Miami, you know that the weather this past week is
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