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Voyagemia

Exploring Life & Business with Rachel Silverstein of Miami Waterkeeper

January 20, 2022

Voyage MIA writes: We advocate primarily for three focus areas: clean water, ecosystem protection, and a resilient South Florida. We work to ensure a

Miami New Times

The Common Good: Local Notables Share Their 2022 Resolutions for a Better Miami

January 19, 2022

Miami New Times Staff wrote: I want my sons, ages 2 and 4, to experience the diverse, eclectic coastal culture that is unique to

CBS12

Fecal Matter: Miami Beach’s Old Sewage Pipes Keep Breaking, Threaten Biscayne Bay

December 7, 2021

Joshua Ceballos from the Miami New Times Writes: “The bay is truly at its limit for pollution,” Silverstein tells New Times. “If you lose the seagrass,

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must evolve to meet the growing demands of climate-fueled flood risk

November 9, 2021

Jacque Hebert for the Environmental Defense Fund writes: “The Army Corps’ overreliance on hard infrastructure and segregation of sea level rise from storm surge

Miami New Times

Biscayne Bay Threatened by Miami Development and Construction

October 26, 2021

Michel Majchrowics for the Miami New Times writes: Rachel Silverstein, executive director of the local environmental advocacy group Miami Waterkeeper, describes the latest contamination to New Times as “death

Local 10 (WPLG)

Will Miami’s deepest underground garage cause problems for Biscayne Bay?

October 21, 2021

Local 10 News reports: Rachel Silverstein of Miami Waterkeeper said that, generally speaking, developers and property owners of pricey waterfront condo units also have a

Miami Today News

PortMiami dredging study by Army Corps to take a fourth year

October 19, 2021

Miami Today News reports: Rachel Silverstein, executive director of non-profit Miami Waterkeeper, told Miami Today her organization did three different testings and later published a

The Miami Hurricane

University students attend Miami budget hearing to protest budget cuts within sustainability office

September 29, 2021

Emma Dominguez for The Miami Hurricane writes: A group of activists including students from the University of Miami attended a budget hearing on Sept.

Miami

Marine biologists, local officials seek answers to recent fish kill

September 17, 2021

Janette Neuwahl Tannen for News@TheU writes: Faculty members at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science are partnering with local and state government

Crime Symposium

Environmental crime: prevention, compliance and enforcement – making the polluters pay

September 14, 2021

Our Waterkeeper, Dr. Rachel Silverstein, spoke at the 38th International Symposium on Economic Crime at Cambridge University for the Plenary Workshop on Environmental Crime.

Florida Politics

Biscayne Bay conditions improve after Labor Day weekend fish die-off

September 8, 2021

Jesse Scheckner for Florida Politics writes: Scientists are still trying to determine what killed roughly 150 fish in Biscayne Bay over Labor Day weekend

Florida Politics

Labor Day Weekend Biscayne Bay fish kill highlights urgent need for action

September 7, 2021

Jesse Scheckner for Florida Politics writes: A fish die-off has again struck Biscayne Bay, this time over Labor Day weekend near the 79th Street

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