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Miami Deep Dredge: Environmentalists Win Court Battle but Not War as Blasting Continues
October 24, 2014
Michael E. Miller for the Miami New Times writes: Call it a split decision. The latest legal skirmish over the Deep Dredge devolved into
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NOAA Warns of “Rapid Deterioration” of Endangered Corals Due to Deep Dredge Sludge
September 18, 2014
[embedlycard url=”http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/noaa-warns-of-rapid-deterioration-of-endangered-corals-due-to-deep-dredge-sludge-6559941″] Nonetheless, the NOAA report is “a very big deal,” says Rachel Silverstein, executive director of Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper, another environmental group against
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Environmentalists renew criticism of Miami dredging
September 5, 2014
Joseph Bonney of JOC writes: Environmental groups are threatening litigation over the Port of Miami’s 50-foot deepening project, part of an expansion designed to
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Environmental Group Threatens To Sue Army Corps Of Engineers About Dredging Near Corals
July 21, 2014
Constanza Gallardo of WLRN writes: An environmental non-profit organization has filed a letter that says it may sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper
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Researchers Race to Save Coral in Miami
June 6, 2014
Lizette Alvarez for The New York Times writes: With dredging set to begin this weekend in the Port of Miami, researchers are scrambling to
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An Underwater Race To Transplant Miami’s Rare Corals
June 4, 2014
Greg Allen for NPR writes: A lab just off Florida’s Miami River has become the base for an unusual lifesaving operation. A group of
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Q&A: Rachel Silverstein on the Threats to Our Waters
January 1, 2014
Ocean Drive Magazine writes: Coming off successful legal action protecting our clean-water economy, Rachel Silverstein and the upstart environmental group Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper look
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Feds say ‘nurseries’ could save Government Cut coral
January 1, 2014
Jenny Staletovich of the Miami Herald writes: To stop the “rapid” destruction of rare coral caused by the dredging of Government Cut, federal wildlife
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Environmentalists ready to sue over Miami port’s deep dredge
January 1, 2014
Zachary Fagenson of Reuters writes: Environmentalists said on Thursday they are prepared to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after researchers found dredging to
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Miami port dredging damaging sea life, state inspectors say
January 1, 2014
[embedlycard url=”http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article1980616.html”] “The warning follows a similar complaint last month from the Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper watchdog group, which threatened to sue in September unless
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Fight over a Fla. sewer pipe raises national financial and health issue
January 1, 2014
[embedlycard url=”http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059986602″] “Nondescript as it is, the pipe is at the center of one of the biggest fights over climate change in the country.
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Flood Fixes Vex Coastal Areas
January 1, 2014
Arian Campo-Flores for the Wall Street Journal writes: Many coastal communities in the U.S. are grappling with how best to protect low-lying areas from
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