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Miami Today News

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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Local 10 (WPLG)

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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Miami New Times

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 Today News

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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Community Newspapers

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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Sun Sentinel

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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Wfit

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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ABC News

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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Substack

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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Culture Crusaders

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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Local 10 (WPLG)

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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Local 10 (WPLG)

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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