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Despite pandemic, PortMiami sets all-time cargo record
November 24, 2020
Jesse Scheckner for Miami Today writes: PortMiami just posted the biggest import-export numbers in its 80-plus-year history, new Miami-Dade County figures show, exceeding its
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Wastewater leak into Biscayne Bay causes no-swim advisory
November 21, 2020
Louis Aguirre for Local 10 writes: About 120,000 gallons of wastewater poured into Biscayne Bay prompting a no-swim advisory, the Miami-Dade Water & Sewer
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State Sues Miami Beach for 1.7 Million Gallons of Sewage Leaks Into Biscayne Bay
November 13, 2020
Alexi C. Cardona for Miami New Times writes: In July 2019, a contractor called Calea Corporation struck a wastewater pipe while drilling at Fifth
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Miami Waterkeeper moving aggressively to save Biscayne Bay
November 11, 2020
Marilyn Bowden for Miami Today writes: Miami Waterkeeper, a 10-year-old organization that advocates for South Florida’s watershed and wildlife, is aggressively involved in saving Biscayne
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DHT Unveils Permanent Museum Exhibit, Biscayne Bay: Our Water, Our World!
November 9, 2020
Community News Releases for Biscayne Bay Tribune writes: Dade Heritage Trust (DHT) recently unveiled a new permanent museum exhibit, “Biscayne Bay: Our Water, Our
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How dirty are Fort Lauderdale’s waterways? We’re about to find out
October 24, 2020
Susannah Bryan for the South Florida Sun Sentinel writes: A series of record-breaking sewage spills that sent more than 200 million gallons of toxic
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Florida Plan Would Ease Wetlands Permitting. That’s A Problem, Environmentalists Say
October 22, 2020
Jenny Staletovich for WLRN writes: At the first of two public hearings over Florida’s bid to take control of wetlands permitting from the U.S. government, the
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Miami grapples with how to save treasured bay from rising seas and pollution
October 16, 2020
Stephanie Ebbs, Jon Schlosberg, Ginger Zee, and Lindsey Griswold for ABC News write: An unprecedented fish kill in Miami’s Biscayne Bay this summer has
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Biscayne Bay is Crying out for our Help!
October 14, 2020
Darwyn Kelly for True Works Publications writes: In August of 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a study comprising 20 years worth of data
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4 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS PROTECTING OUR WATERS
October 12, 2020
Gabriel Requena for Culture Crusaders writes: In August, the beautiful Biscayne Bay so many of us have enjoyed and taken for granted experienced a
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Miami-Dade residents voice support for ordinance limiting fertilizer use as fight continues to save Biscayne Bay
October 6, 2020
Louis Aguirre for Local 10 writes: A recent virtual Miami Dade County Commission Meeting was flooded with concerned residents. They were voicing their support
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Another fish kill on Biscayne Bay: Big trouble from Little River
October 4, 2020
Louis Aguirre for Local 10 writes: More heartbreak for Biscayne Bay as schools of mullet were found just before sunrise gasping for breath on
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