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Miami Herald

‘A $5 billion Band-Aid’: Community groups push back on Army Corps plan for Miami-Dade

July 9, 2020

Alex Harris for the Miami Herald writes: In the past decade or so, the Miami-Dade area has come up with plenty of ideas to

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Community Newspapers

Keba: Live from Deering Estate

July 8, 2020

Valeria Mejia for Miami’s Community Newspapers writes: Fusions of Pop, R&B, and Soul music filled the Stone House at the Deering Estate on June

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Keys News

Turkey Point plant to use reclaimed water for towers

July 8, 2020

Theresa Java Free Press Staff for Keys News writes: Reclaimed water will be used in mechanical draft cooling towers instead of the cooling canals

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Nature World News

Storm-Proofing Miami Could Cost 4.6 Billion Dollars

June 16, 2020

A Staff Reporter at Nature World News writes: There is a plan to install floodwalls that are thirteen feet high on a portion of the waterfront

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Keys Weekly

County, aqueduct, fishing guides challenge pollution permit at Turkey Point

June 9, 2020

Jim McCarthy of Keys Weekly writes: Add Monroe County to the growing number of challengers to a proposed pollution permit renewal for Florida Power

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Miami New Times

Stand-Up Paddleboarding Is the Perfect Social-Distancing Activity

May 22, 2020

Stand-Up Paddleboarding Is the Perfect Social-Distancing Activity This spring, Miami’s been balmy, beautiful, and mostly untouchable under the lockdown of coronavirus. Beaches and pools

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WUFT

Out Of Sight, Still A Blight

May 18, 2020

Out Of Sight, Still A Blight Raised along Miami’s Biscayne Bay, Marcelo Fernandes always had a favorite snorkeling spot, a 50-by-100-foot area where he

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Miami Herald

Environmentalists get more time to challenge Turkey Point permit amid COVID-19 pandemic

May 15, 2020

Environmentalists get more time to challenge Turkey Point permit amid COVID-19 pandemic Environmentalists have won a small victory in the ongoing battle over pollution

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WLRN

Turkey Point Is About To Get A New Pollution Permit. Critics Say Not So Fast

May 14, 2020

Jenny Staletovich of WLRN writes: Opposition is mounting to a proposed pollution permit that would, for the first time, allow water seeping from a 5,900-acre network

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WSVN 7 News

Scientists find lower bacteria levels in water samples across Miami-Dade

April 30, 2020

Kevin Ozebek for WSVN writes: MIAMI (WSVN) – Experts have found overall lower bacteria levels in water samples across Miami-Dade County compared to before

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Miami Herald

MAST student turns dog walkers’ stickers into project helping the hungry amid pandemic

April 30, 2020

Christina Mayo of the Miami Herald writes: When MAST Academy sophomore Jaïm Steele set out to find “a simple solution to a neighborhood dilemma,”

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HKS Publications

Rising Seas, Sinking Infrastructure: Miami’s Climate Conundrum

April 29, 2020

Katie Segal, Patrick Lynch, and Michelle Chang for Kennedy School Review write: Two miles across the water from Miami’s glamorous beaches and luxury apartments

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