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Miami Waterkeeper Junior Ambassadors Class of 2019 Graduate!
July 6, 2020
Miami Waterkeeper Junior Ambassadors graduate from the 2018-2019 program! Last weekend, Miami Waterkeeper celebrated the graduation of our Junior Ambassadors after their completion of…
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DeSantis Signs SB 712 “Clean Waterways Act” into Law – Waterkeepers FL Op-Ed
June 30, 2020
SB 712: A Watered-Down Bill that Will Not Fix our Water Quality Issues Governor DeSantis just signed into law SB 712 – the self-proclaimed…
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Clean Water
What’s in the Water: A Breakdown of Why We Sample
June 29, 2020
While the water may look beautifully clear and blue, it may also contain microscopic chemicals or pathogens that can be harmful to humans. At…
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Port Everglades Dredging Project Construction Still Delayed Until 2022
June 24, 2020
Miami Waterkeeper and co-plaintiffs (Center for Biological Diversity, Florida Wildlife Federation, Inc., and Diving Equipment and Marketing Association), have undertaken extensive litigation efforts to…
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Ecosystem Protection
What’s in a Watershed? A Look Into the Waterways We Protect
June 19, 2020
Miami Waterkeeper operates in the two most populous counties in the State of Florida, Miami Dade and Broward Counties. These counties have more than…
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NEPA Scoping Comments for FPL Turkey Point License Extension Application
June 18, 2020
On June 18th, 2018 Miami Waterkeeper, and the National Parks Conservation Association, submitted comments regarding the extension of FPL’s Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant —…
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Septic Vulnerability
June 16, 2020
It’s time to face the inconvenient truth of sea level rise in South Florida. Though coastal areas are vulnerable to this all too real…
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Miami Waterkeeper Hosts HOPE Public Interest Legal Fellow Kristen Ranges
June 14, 2020
Kristen Ranges, a current J.D./Ph.D. student at the University of Miami, started her higher education at the University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean,…
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Miami Waterkeeper’s Statement of Equity
June 12, 2020
Our nation is engaged in a painful – and desperately overdue – conversation and reckoning about racism. We are deeply saddened by the tragic…
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Sea Level Rise
USACE Replies to Miami Waterkeeper and Partners’ Comments on Back Bay Study
June 12, 2020
For an update on this issue, check out or July 2020 Action Alert here. Properties throughout South Florida are continuing to face the reality…
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Foreseeing a “Polluted Paradise:” 1949 Article Forecasts Florida’s Faulty Septic Systems
June 12, 2020
Septic system vulnerability has become pressing news in South Florida, in light of climate change and sea level rise. Rising sea levels are elevating…
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Waterkeeper Alliance to Appear in The Visionaries Series on PBS – Press Release
June 12, 2020
Waterkeeper Alliance to Appear in The Visionaries Series on PBS Episode features the work of Waterkeeper Warriors in Miami and Peru. NEW YORK, NY—Waterkeeper Alliance will…
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