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Sun Sentinel

Bacteria skyrockets to 100 times beyond safe levels in some Fort Lauderdale canals after historic flooding

April 19, 2023

The Sun Sentinel reported on the fecal bacteria that surged through Fort Lauderdale’s waterways after April’s record flooding, drawing on Miami Waterkeeper’s sampling: all

Florida Specifier

Miami’s nuclear neighbor: FP&L’s Turkey Point Reactor provides power to millions

April 19, 2023

By Staff and Wire Reports Published: April/May 2023 Read the original article on the Florida Specifier. At the edge of Biscayne Bay, Turkey Point’s

Timeout

Welcome to Baynanza, the massive effort to clean up Miami’s shoreline

April 11, 2023

Time Out spotlighted Baynanza, the county-wide Biscayne Bay cleanup that has drawn more than 100,000 volunteers and collected over 500 tons of trash since

Community Newspapers

2023 In the Company of Women Awards honors 14 inspiring women

March 8, 2023

Community Newspapers reported that Miami Waterkeeper Executive Director Dr. Rachel Silverstein received the Mayor’s Pioneer Award at Miami-Dade’s 34th annual In the Company of

The Guardian

Coastal residents fear ‘hideous’ seawalls will block waterfront views

January 13, 2023

The Guardian examined the backlash against the Army Corps’ $5 billion plan to wall Miami off from climate change with a massive concrete seawall

WIRED

Florida Is Fighting to Feed Starving Manatees This Winter

January 3, 2023

WIRED reported on Florida’s desperate effort to hand-feed lettuce to starving manatees — more than 1,100 dead in 2021 and nearly 800 in 2022

Local 10 (WPLG)

Don’t Trash Our Treasure: Reviewing stories that made a difference in 2022

December 29, 2022

Local 10 News, in its year-end “Don’t Trash Our Treasure” review, revisited the environmental stories that shaped 2022 — from Florida’s manatee starvation crisis

Local 10 (WPLG)

Miami Beach launches campaign aimed at educating about dog poop damaging Biscayne Bay

December 14, 2022

Local 10 News, for its “Don’t Trash Our Treasure” series, covered Miami Beach’s new “Don’t Be Ruff on the Bay” campaign urging dog owners

IHeart

Blue-Green Algae Alert For The Coral Gables Canal-East Side

December 5, 2022

The Florida Department of Health issuing a blue-green algae alert for the Coral Gables canal-East Side. It comes thanks to too many toxins in

The Guardian

Alarming manatee death toll in Florida prompts calls for endangered status

November 25, 2022

The Guardian reported on the alliance of environmental groups — including Miami Waterkeeper, the Center for Biological Diversity, Harvard Law’s animal law clinic, and

The Epoch Times

Environmental Groups Ask for Manatees to Be Reclassified as ‘Endangered’ Again

November 21, 2022

The Epoch Times reported on the five-group petition — Miami Waterkeeper among them — asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reclassify the

Sun Sentinel

Feds propose Biscayne Bay, parts of Keys as‘ critical habitat’ for threatened Nassau grouper

November 16, 2022

The Sun Sentinel reported that federal fisheries regulators have proposed designating more than 900 square miles of South Florida and Caribbean waters as “critical

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