Category News: Media Coverage
Results 561Lawsuit seeks coral protection in Port Everglades project
August 17, 2016
Jim Turner for The Ledger writes: Environmental groups want a federal court to order more protection for coral reefs during the planned expansion of…
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Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Corals From Port Everglades Dredging
August 17, 2016
NBC Miami writes: Environmentalists and recreational divers filed a federal lawsuit challenging plans to dredge Port Everglades, arguing the project will harm coral reefs….
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Environmental Groups Win National Victory for Clean Water
August 17, 2016
Waterkeeper Alliance writes: A coalition of environmental organizations reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and two industry trade associations to settle a…
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The Death & Life of Coral Reefs
July 1, 2016
Ashley Harrell of Fort Lauderdale Magazine writes: Twenty feet below the surface of Biscayne Bay, outfitted in scuba gear and equipped with a bunch…
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Why are Florida’s coral reefs dying?
June 26, 2016
CNN writes: The coral reefs in southern Florida are dying after suffering through multiple changes to their environment. CNN’s Boris Sanchez details the environmental…
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From Miami to Australia—Dredging and industrial activities killing coral reefs
June 17, 2016
Erica Cirino of National Geographic writes: In the Port of Miami, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ recent dredging project has buried as much as…
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A Miami port dredging project may have damaged the city’s offshore coral reef
May 23, 2016
Emmett FitzGerald of The World writes: In 2013, when the Army Corps of Engineers dredged sediment out of the Port of Miami and transported…
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Florida Dredging Would Cut Path Across Corals in ‘Crisis’
May 9, 2016
John Upton for Climate Central writes: As America’s only barrier reefs bleach, dissolve and succumb to disease, experts worry that a $320 million plan…
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Dredging Florida coral reef is ‘lunacy’ says Philippe Cousteau, grandson of Jacques
March 24, 2016
Oliver Milman for The Guardian writes: A plan to expand a port near the continental US’s only barrier reef is “lunacy” and risks devastating…
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