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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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Miami-Dade commissioners approve spending $1.6 billion to fix water, sewer pipes
January 1, 2014
Patrica Mazzei for the Miami Herald writes: Miami-Dade commissioners swallowed hard medicine Tuesday, approving an agreement with the federal and state governments to settle
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State of Florida wants to add more dangerous chemicals to our water
January 1, 2014
Rachel Silverstein for the Miami Herald writes: Despite the ongoing Florida water quality emergency —a deluge of toxic green sludge coating the Treasure Coast
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Federal judge reopens lawsuit over PortMiami expansion project
January 1, 2014
Emily Cochrane for the Miami Herald writes: A Florida federal judge has granted a request from environmentalists to reopen their lawsuit against the U.S.
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Global coral bleaching could land heavy blow on Florida’s recovering reefs
January 1, 2014
Jenny Staletovich of the Miami Herald writes: A global coral bleaching that now ranks as the largest and longest on record could count Florida
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The radiation from Turkey Point should worry you — but not for the reasons you think
January 1, 2014
Roshan Nebhrajani for The New Tropic writes: So you’ve been hearing a lot about an unfamiliar radioactive isotope clocking in at 215 times the
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FPL nuclear plant canals likely violating water quality laws
January 1, 2014
Jenny Staletovich for the Miami Herald writes: Florida Power & Light’s troubled cooling canals, blamed for contaminating groundwater and now found to be leaking into Biscayne
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Corps says disease, not dredging, hurt PortMiami coral
January 1, 2014
[embedlycard url=”http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article57756768.html”] “The Corps’ report misleadingly and conveniently blames the disease and warm temperatures for the destruction of our corals, but all of the
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