This is an emergency — we must act now to save our beautiful Biscayne Bay
By Rebeca Sosa, Miami-Dade County Commission Mother Nature has alerted us to a crisis in Biscayne Bay, and we are ...
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With beach cleanups in, let’s get marine pollution out
By Katy Huddlestun South Florida has seen a boom in beach cleanups, and it’s not hard to see why. It’s ...
We are trying to flatten the coronavirus curve, but we also need to flatten the relentlessly rising curve of sea-level rise
My daughter is now 29. Seventeen years ago we snorkeled the Florida Keys’ spectacular fish-filled reefs. Her prudent fearlessness, even ...
Florida Cabinet should reject a proposed $1 billion Miami-Dade highway that threatens the Everglades and the water supply
By Rock Salt and Paola Ferreira, Tropical Audubon Society This fall, Florida’s Governor and the Cabinet will review a judge’s ...
Our elected officials are bungling the response to Florida’s rising seas
By Tania Galloni, Earthjustice It’s about time: the head of America’s disaster response department, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is ...
Turkey Point Is About To Get A New Pollution Permit. Critics Say Not So Fast
By Jenny Staletovich, WLRN Media Opposition is mounting to a proposed pollution permit that would, for the first time, allow ...
Pollution is killing Biscayne Bay, there’s very little time to save it, and it’s going to cost a lot of money to rescue it
Recent studies and reports have concluded that the health of Biscayne Bay is at a tipping point. The ecosystem is ...
Government needs to take bold action to save Biscayne Bay and our supply of clean water
It seems like every week brings a new, more alarming reminder of the mounting threats to our community’s water system. ...