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Voyagemia

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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Miami Herald

‘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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Miami Herald

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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Keys News

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

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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Miami Herald

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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Waterkeeper Alliance

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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Miami Herald

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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Miami Herald

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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Keys News

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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Keys News

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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Miami Herald

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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