Miami residents believe Biscayne Bay is ‘healthy,’ despite big declines in water quality and biodiversity, new study finds
Overall, the research found that support for local policy actions to protect and restore the bay was extremely high.
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How PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are getting into Miami’s Biscayne Bay, where dolphins, fish and manatees dine
PFAS can enter the food chain and accumulate in marine plants and animals, with ecological and human health implications.
Rising seas are causing septic systems to fail
A University of Miami graduate student's research shows which Miami-Dade County sites are at risk, proposes strategies to make those ...
Legislature’s comp-plan scheme will muzzle Floridians who challenge bad development
By Paul Owens In Florida, decisions about where, when and how communities will grow are guided by comprehensive plans, created ...
The governor and Legislature need to address Florida’s many water-quality challenges
By Jon Paul Brooker, Florida Conservation As Florida continues to wisely invest in high-profile environmental initiatives such as the restoration ...
New York court case is a potent example of what a clean water amendment could accomplish in Florida
By Joseph Bonasia, Florida Rights of Nature Network Here’s what Floridians need to know about the first lawsuit involving New ...
Reject questionable South Dade development, commissioners. Everglades must come first
By the Miami Herald Editorial Board It would be easy for Miami-Dade County commissioners to dismiss environmentalists who are fighting ...
The best defense against hurricane damage is the coastal wetlands that nature has provided us
By Paul Sutton, University of Denver While climate change did not create damaging weather and wildfires, it has demonstrably made ...
Elizabeth Fata Carpenter: Citizens are seeing the damage from the warming climate and want leaders to address the threats
An interview with Elizabeth Fata Carpenter, Everglades Law Center As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which ...
The lesson from the massive fish kill in Biscayne Bay: Everything we do on land ends up in the bay
By Irela Bagué, Chief Bay Officer, Miami-Dade County As we near the anniversary of last year's unprecedented fish kill, I ...