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7th Annual State of the Water: Powering Miami (2025)
February 27, 2025
Thank you! You showed up because you care about Miami’s waters. You knew the stakes. The future of Turkey Point and our waterways is one of the biggest challenges facing South Florida—one that will shape our environment for generations to come….
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Managing Water from Every Direction: Compound Flooding Analysis
April 26, 2024
The sun’s out, and Miami is flooding without a drop falling from the sky. Why? Due to Miami’s low elevation and porous limestone geology,…
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6th Annual State of the Water: Coral, conservation, and climate action in Miami (2024)
March 13, 2024
Miami Waterkeeper’s State of the Water (March 5, 2024) was an illuminating evening, where conservation met innovation. A sell-out event, more than 300 guests and attendees had the opportunity to get hands-on with cutting-edge coral technology, like NOAA’s Sequential Treatment Application Robot (STAR) System, immersive Virtual Reality by Rescue a Reef, and revolutionary 3D Printed Corals with the X-Reefs Project from the University of Miami’s Coral Reef Futures Lab….
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Meet the Team Protecting the Water you Love
February 14, 2024
What do we love about what we do at Miami Waterkeeper? Valentine’s Day. It’s a day that elicits different reactions from people – some find…
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50 Years of Saving Wildlife: Celebrating the Endangered Species Act!
December 6, 2023
Over five decades ago, the shores of Santa Barbara bore witness to a haunting spectacle – thousands of oil-slicked birds, fish, and marine mammals,…
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Miami Waterkeeper comments on 2023 draft site-specific EIS
December 5, 2023
Florida Power and Light requested a license extension to operate reactors 3 and 4 an additional 20 years into the future, bringing the operating…
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Proposed Changes to Improve Stormwater Management and Preserve Biscayne Bay
August 7, 2023
During the July 14 Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board meeting, Miami-Dade County’s Department of Environmental Resource Management introduced a draft impervious surface ordinance….
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Green Infrastructure Explained
July 5, 2023
Sub-tropical South Florida was once largely a continuum of wetlands stretching into what we know today as the Everglades. Water coursed its way slowly…
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Back Bay Study Update – July 2023
June 26, 2023
Storm surge pummels like a fist when it hits the land. And like a claw, it also drags the land back into the ocean…
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Miami Waterkeeper comments on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s plans to update environmental protection
May 18, 2023
Near the bottom of the Florida peninsula, surrounded by marshland and water, looms the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Generating Station. This facility, standing remotely…
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What’s Up with WOTUS?
May 18, 2023
by Jen Lomberk, Matanzas Riverkeeper, on behalf of Waterkeeper Florida In recent weeks, you may have seen articles about “WOTUS” or “Waters of the…
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Flunking Biscayne Bay – The Report Card Is In
May 18, 2023
Biscayne Bay is an aquatic amenity for millions, bestowing on our community recreational values and economic prosperity in the form of fishing, tourism, and…
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