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April 12, 2022
Miami New Times reported on a rare sighting of two critically endangered smalltooth sawfish near Virginia Key — a prehistoric-looking species whose U.S. population…
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Pet waste seriously contributing to pollution problem affecting Biscayne Bay
April 6, 2022
Local 10 News, for its “Don’t Trash Our Treasure” series, examined how un-picked-up pet waste feeds the nutrient pollution pushing Biscayne Bay toward a…
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Miami, a fave among spring breakers, is already feeling the effects of rising seas
April 6, 2022
FOX Weather reported on how climate change and sea-level rise — 10 to 12 inches expected by 2050 — threaten the Miami beaches that…
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1,000 Eyes on the Water campaign encourages South Floridians to join fight to save Biscayne Bay
March 30, 2022
Local 10 News, for its “Don’t Trash Our Treasure” series, spotlighted Miami Waterkeeper’s 1,000 Eyes on the Water campaign, which trains everyday South Floridians…
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South Florida’s dirty water, the Miami-Dade Youth Fair is back, ‘Secret Identity’
March 21, 2022
WLRN‘s Sundial featured Miami Waterkeeper Executive Director Rachel Silverstein to unpack a sobering Environmental Integrity Project study — one that found more than 700,000…
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South Florida’s coral reef is being overfished. Nearly a dozen species are nearing unsustainable numbers
March 16, 2022
WUSF reported on a University of Miami and NOAA study — two decades of data across 15 species — finding that 85% of popular…
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FPL drops plan to use treated sewage in nuke plant cooling canals. Critics still concerned
March 15, 2022
The Miami Herald reported that Florida Power & Light abandoned its plan to use treated wastewater to freshen the troubled cooling canal system at…
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New pooling of water at construction site of Miami’s ‘deepest’ underground garage sparks new concern by area residents
March 15, 2022
Local 10 News reported on the alarm among Brickell residents over repeated groundwater upwelling at the Una Residences site — a 47-story luxury tower…
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Nuclear regulators reverse Turkey Point operating license extensions
February 25, 2022
WLRN Public Media reported on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s rare reversal of the 80-year operating license extensions for FPL’s Turkey Point reactors — resetting…
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