Lawmakers consider Everglades buffer zone; another major algae bloom would cost Southwest Florida billions, study finds
Proposals for construction beyond Miami-Dade County’s Urban Development Boundary are motivating a push for new protections.
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Protecting Amazon forests protects Florida from climate change
The massive Amazon, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, is the most important carbon dioxide vacuum cleaner we’ve got on land.
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 ...
Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth shouldn’t increase the risk of flooding and endanger the restoration of the Everglades
By The Miami Herald Editorial Board Miami-Dade County commissioners this month decided, for the first time in nine years, to ...
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 ...
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