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First fertilizer ban put in place in South Florida with hopes of stopping chemicals leaking into Biscayne Bay, effective through Oct. 31
May 13, 2022
WSVN reported on Miami-Dade’s first fertilizer ban — the strongest such ordinance in Florida — which prohibits nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers from May 15
Read moreLocal 10 (WPLG)
Ordinance limiting fertilizer use aims to keep South Florida waterways healthy
May 11, 2022
Local 10 News reported on Miami-Dade’s new fertilizer ordinance — the strongest in the state — which bans nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers from May
Read moreThe Guardian
Fish on drugs: cocktail of medications is ‘contaminating ocean food chain’
April 29, 2022
The Guardian reported on a startling FIU study that found all 93 South Florida bonefish sampled tested positive for pharmaceuticals — one Key West
Read moreMiami New Times
“Sign of Hope”: Rare Sighting of Two Endangered Sawfish in Biscayne Bay
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
Read moreLocal 10 (WPLG)
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
Read moreFox Weather
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
Read moreLocal 10 (WPLG)
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
Read moreWLRN
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
Read moreWUSF
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
Read moreMiami Herald
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
Read moreLocal 10 (WPLG)
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
Read moreWLRN
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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