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A Giant ‘Sand Trap’ off Fort Lauderdale Beach Is Threatening Wildlife and Aggravating Residents
July 30, 2026
Sun Sentinel reported on the Fort Lauderdale “sand trap” threatening wildlife, quoting Miami Waterkeeper Executive Director Rachel Silverstein on the reef’s role as a source for rare populations rebounding and coming back.
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Scientists Warn Florida Reefs Could ‘Disappear’ After Restoration Money Dries Up
July 23, 2026
WPTV reported that scientists warn Florida’s reefs could “disappear” as restoration funding dries up, quoting Miami Waterkeeper CEO Dr. Rachel Silverstein.
Read moreRecommend Magazine
Sargassum Plagues Beaches From Key West to the Rivera Maya
July 9, 2026
Recommend Magazine reported on the sargassum plaguing beaches from Key West to the Riviera Maya, quoting Miami Waterkeeper CEO Rachel Silverstein tying the blooms to warming oceans and ocean pollution.
Read moreThe Sierra Club
Financial and Ecological Risks of a Contested Florida Dredging Project
July 8, 2026
The Sierra Club published an in-depth investigation into the fight over a proposed dredging project at Port Everglades, where scientists found roughly 10 million corals—including endangered staghorn now functionally extinct in Florida—in the path of the planned channel expansion. With mitigation costs topping a billion dollars and the timeline stretching to six years, the piece captures what’s at stake when development collides with irreplaceable marine ecosystems.
Read moreWPLG-TV Local 10
Officials Search for Solutions to Ongoing Problem of Sargassum
June 24, 2026
Local 10 (WPLG) reported on officials searching for solutions to the region’s persistent sargassum, quoting Miami Waterkeeper CEO Rachel Silverstein linking the blooms to warming oceans and ocean pollution.
Read moreFlorida Weekly
Reef at Risk
June 22, 2026
Florida Weekly reported on the reef at risk from Port dredging, recounting how Rachel Silverstein left policy work in Washington, D.C. to lead the nonprofit Miami Waterkeeper.
Read moreCoral Gables Gazette
Matheson Hammock Atoll Pool Remains Closed After Fish Kill
June 22, 2026
Coral Gables Gazette reported that Matheson Hammock’s atoll pool remains closed after a fish kill, citing footage of dead fish shared by the environmental advocacy group Miami Waterkeeper.
Read morePress Release
Miami-Dade Cities Overall Improve Stormwater Compliance, but Biscayne Bay is still at Risk
June 3, 2026
A coalition of environmental organizations released the Stormwater Report Card for Miami-Dade County, a comprehensive, independent assessment of how the county and its 34 municipal permittees manage polluted stormwater
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Florida’s Coral, Conch From Dredging Project Near Port Everglades
May 28, 2026
Conservation and dive groups warned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Marine Fisheries Service today that the agencies are violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to reopen formal consultation over the Port Everglades Inlet Sand Bypass Project.
Read moreHoodline
Miami Watchdogs Drag Turkey Point Nuke Fight Into D.C. Court
May 6, 2026
NewsBreak reported that Miami Waterkeeper has taken its long-running concerns over Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point nuclear plant to the federal appeals court — a fight we’ve pressed for years.
Read moreWPLG-TV Local 10
Miami Waterkeeper Impugna Aprobación Federal de Licencia Operativa de Planta Nuclear Turkey Point
May 6, 2026
Local 10 (WPLG) reported, in Spanish, that Miami Waterkeeper is continuing its legal battle against the federal extension of Turkey Point’s operating license.
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Miami Waterkeeper Challenges Feds’ Approval of Turkey Point Nuclear Plant’s Operating License
May 6, 2026
Local 10 (WPLG) reported that Miami Waterkeeper is challenging the federal approval of Turkey Point nuclear plant’s operating license, continuing our long-running legal fight over the aging plant.
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