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Historic Places, Green Spaces
February 14, 2020
Dade Heritage Trust’s Historic Places, Green Spaces program was launched in 2017 and takes students K-12 on half-day field trips to historic sites located…
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Winner of the 2018 “Best Paper Award” for Coral Reefs!
February 3, 2020
Coral Reefs, the Journal of the International Coral Reef Society, has awarded the “Best Paper Award 2018” to Ross Cunning, Andrew Baker, and our very…
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What We Accomplished in 2019!
January 27, 2020
Our 2019 numbers are in, and they are certainly something to boast about! This last year was a year of growth for Miami Waterkeeper…
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Sea Level Rise
Miami Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study
January 9, 2020
For decades the Army Corps of Engineers – the primary civil and environmental engineering arm of the United States government – has been carrying…
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A Big Thank You to Periosolutions!
December 20, 2019
Miami Waterkeeper is so thankful to be the organization chosen for an annual fundraiser put on by Periosolutions and their associated study club of…
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Miami Waterkeeper Provides Supplemental Comments to FDEP Turkey Point NPDES Permit
December 11, 2019
Miami Waterkeeper and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) jointly provided supplemental technical comments on the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (FDEP) Draft National…
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Another Great Year of Partnership with HSBC!
December 10, 2019
For the second year in a row, Miami Waterkeeper and HSBC Bank have been brought together through a partnership with Waterkeeper Alliance to help fulfill the mission of…
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From January to June, 1.5 million gallons of sewage spilled in Miami Dade County
December 5, 2019
Under Miami Dade County Water and Sewer Department’s federally-mandated Consent Decree agreement with the U.S. EPA and Florida Department of Environmental Protection, they are…
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FPL Receives License to Operate Nuclear Reactors for Unprecedented 80 years despite Miami Waterkeeper’s legal challenge
December 5, 2019
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission rubberstamped FPL’s application for Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant’s subsequent license renewal today. Miami Waterkeeper and co-plaintiffs, Friends of the…
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Army Corps finds No Significant Impact in PortMiami Channel Maintenance Dredging. We Disagree.
December 4, 2019
Earlier this summer, the Army Corps of Engineers announced they would be undertaking some routine maintenance dredging in the PortMiami shipping channel. This maintenance…
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Sea Level Rise
Miami Waterkeeper and Partners Submit Comments on Army Corps Back Bay Study
December 2, 2019
Matheson Hammock Park experiencing continued inundation (2019) Miami Waterkeeper, in collaboration with Catalyst Miami and the Miami Foundation, recently provided comments to the US Army Corps of…
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Clean Water
Waterkeepers Florida Provides Final Comments to FDEP for Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards
December 2, 2019
Miami Waterkeeper, as part of Waterkeepers Florida, jointly provided final comments to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on the proposed revisions to…
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