MEDIA COVERAGE

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Daily Mail

Cousteau warns of reef damage in Florida port project

March 23, 2016

AFP for Daily Mail UK writes: Filmmaker and conservationist Philippe Cousteau has warned that a multimillion-dollar plan to deepen an international shipping port off

WLRN

Florida Roundup: President Obama’s Historic Visit To Cuba

March 18, 2016

Julia Duba for WLRN writes: President Obama is going to Cuba this weekend. WLRN’s Tom Hudson and Tim Padgett are there awaiting Obama’s visit. What

NPR

Nuclear Plant Threatens Miami-Dade’s Water. Mayor Says, ‘This Isn’t Flint’

March 10, 2016

NPR writes: A study shows excessive saltwater from Florida Power and Light’s nuclear plant is threatening Biscayne Bay and the aquifer that supplies much

NBC Miami

Judge: State Fails to Hold FPL to Account for Pollution Around Turkey Point

February 18, 2016

Tony Pipitone for NBC Miami writes: State environmental regulators are failing to stop Florida Power and Light from endangering Miami-Dade County’s primary source of

Vanity Fair

CAN MIAMI BEACH SURVIVE GLOBAL WARMING?

November 10, 2015

[embedlycard url=”http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/miami-beach-global-warming/”] “One big awareness-raiser was a lawsuit that Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper, a clean-water advocacy group, filed against Miami-Dade County in 2012. That year,

Broward Palm Beach

Environmentalists Again Warn of Widespread Coral Damage in Port Everglades Expansion Project

September 4, 2015

Chris Joseph for the Broward Palm Beach New Times writes: Port Everglades is the third busiest cruise port and 11th busiest freight port in

CBS Local

NOAA Says Port Miami Dredge Disaster For Reef

August 18, 2015

CBS Miami writes: In a project all but finished, the Army Corps of Engineers has dredged the channels at and leading to Port Miami

Yahoo News

Yuck! Your Favorite Swim Spot Is a Lot Grosser Than You Realize

July 1, 2015

Yahoo Health writes: Water is supposed to purify: Taking a shower, washing your face, and staying properly hydrated promote good hygiene and health. But sometimes water

Broward Palm Beach

Environmentalists: Don’t Trust Army Corps on Port Everglades Dredging

June 29, 2015

Jess Swanson of the Broward Palm Beach New Times writes: After a decades-long approval process, a plan to deepen and widen Port Everglades was

The New York Times

Despite Protections, Miami Port Project Smothers Coral Reef in Silt

March 8, 2015

Lizette Alverez of The New York Times writes: The government divers who plunged into the bay near the Port of Miami surfaced with bad

National Geographic

This Scientist Made Superhero Headlines. Why Doesn’t That Happen More Often?

February 27, 2015

National Geographic Society Newsroom writes: Andrew Baker is the guy that rescues corals with his bare hands from the evils of industry. A recent article on

National Geographic

Miami’s Choice: Bigger Ships or Coral Reefs?

February 24, 2015

Scott Wyland for National Geographic writes: Outside Miami‘s Biscayne Bay, coral reefs that were once a vivid rainbow have been turned a barren gray, choked

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