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Meet Rachel Silverstein of Miami Waterkeeper
January 1, 2014
Voyage MIA writes: Today we’d like to introduce you to Rachel Silverstein. Rachel, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you
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‘I have no parts for these pumps.’ The anatomy of a sewage spill in Miami-Dade County
January 1, 2014
Douglas Hanks for the Miami Herald writes: Aroldo Hernandez supervises maintenance for Miami-Dade’s sewage plants, and he predicted a big mess in an email
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Ultra traffic could paralyze causeway in Miami. Here’s the plan to avoid that.
January 1, 2014
Joey Flechas for the Miami Herald writes: Ultra Music Festival will bring up to 60,000 people a day to its new venue on Virginia
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Atomic board grants hearing on cooling canals
January 1, 2014
Theresa Java Free Press Staff for Keys News writes: An independent panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted environmental groups a hearing
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NRDC: Sea-Level Rise to be Ignored in Florida Nuclear Reactor Licensing Review
January 1, 2014
NRDC writes: A judicial panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission late yesterday agreed to review two measures brought by environmental groups on the proposed license extension
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Nuclear regulators to hear dispute over cooling canals at Turkey Point reactors
January 1, 2014
Jenny Staletovich for the Miami Herald writes: Nuclear regulators this week ordered a hearing over contentious plans to keep Turkey Point’s 1970s-era reactors and troubled cooling canals operating
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Waterkeepers Florida Committed to Protecting Sunshine State Waters
January 1, 2014
Julia Widmann for Waterkeeper Alliance writes: Regional entity Waterkeepers Florida came together early February for an in-person board meeting to set goals for the
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FPL’s troubled cooling canals are about to get a new permit. Some say that’s a problem.
January 1, 2014
Jenny Staletovich for the Miami Herald writes: Nearly 10 years after the last one expired, Florida environmental regulators are poised to issue a new
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He is going to walk the Miami Marathon with 30 pounds of trash on his back. Here’s why.
January 1, 2014
Michella Kaufman for the Miami Herald writes: Andrew Otazo, armed with a knife, gloves, a trash grabber, industrial-strength garbage bags and a powerful mission,
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Plastic straw ban draws more discussion
January 1, 2014
Kevin Wadlow for Keys News writes: A second showdown over a crackdown on plastic straws could return to Islamorada. “Any difference we make is
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Village to limit fertilizer use
January 1, 2014
Kevin Wadlow for Keys News writes: Applying potent fertilizers to residential landscaping can be “too much of a good thing,” Islamorada Village Council members
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That busted sewer pipe by Oleta Park was supposed to be replaced years ago by county
January 1, 2014
That busted sewer pipe by Oleta Park was supposed to be replaced years ago by county A sewer pipe that carries 10 million gallons
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