Amy Green
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Florida may be “ground zero” for climate change, but some environmentalists see the DeSantis administration’s rejection of the money as a partisan move.
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Their proposal comes amid continued interest in expanding oil production within the Big Cypress National Preserve, an Everglades wilderness they consider sacred.
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At least 32 of the endangered sawfish have been reported dead. The cause of their bizarre behavior remains a mystery.
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Research shows the soaring costs hint at widespread, unpriced risk as the global climate warms, with states like California, Florida and Louisiana hit hardest.
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A glaring loophole already had allowed at least a half-billion tons of the waste to go unregulated. Now the agency says many of the facilities that are subject to the rules do not comply.
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Tom Van Lent is accused of stealing “trade secrets” from his former employer, the well-connected Everglades Foundation.
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Three months after Idalia, many here are more preoccupied with recovery than COP28.
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Nearly 2,000 manatees died in Florida in 2021 and 2022 as water pollution killed the seagrass they feed on. The manatee was downlisted in 2017 from endangered to threatened, over the objections of scientists, environmentalists and citizens.
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Experts say they are observing “thousands upon thousands” of miles of reefs undergoing bleaching due to heat stress caused by record high ocean temperatures.
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A new report is raising concern about too much polluted water from Florida’s agricultural lands in the Everglades.