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"Some days you barely smell it, some days it about knocks you down." -
D.A. Varela/Miami HeraldAnthony Accetta has been embroiled in a battle over a 1930's home with a colorful heritage that neighbors now call an eyesore. Two of his adjacent homes in a flood-prone area of the city have already been deemed unsafe and demolished. But the city's Historic Preservation Board has been pushing to save the last one.
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This extreme heat comes as the federal government proposes to rollback vehicle pollution standards, and rescind a key scientific finding on greenhouse gases being a threat to public health. -
Biologists have shown that an attempt at genetic rescue for the Florida panther 30 years ago has been a success. -
Help from the state would be beneficial, considering the county typically spends only around $10 million on similar projects. -
This is a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership to take Pasco County's sewage sludge and make it into commercial fertilizer. -
Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a federal lawsuit to halt the project until it undergoes a stringent environmental review. -
Elkhorn coral babies, affectionately called "Flonduran" corals by researchers at the Rosenstiel School at the University of Miami, were planted in Biscayne Bay on July 1. This is the first time internationally crossbred corals have ever been planted in wild reefs. -
This nesting season is happening while Pinellas County starts its beach renourishment project. And the lasting effects from last year's storms in Manatee County are presenting different challenges for this year’s bale of baby sea turtles. -
Tampa residents can save money and water through a new pilot program. -
So far in 2025, 477 manatees have died in Florida: more than in either 2024 or 2023, according to state data. -
The request to intervene said the groups have long sought to protect right whales from being struck by vessels and pointed to years of clashes with the federal government about the issue. -
The proposed rules include a lottery-style permitting process, up to 187 bears being killed in four areas of the state and guidelines to encourage hunters to kill male bears. -
The city said it believed the November samples were flawed and did not take further action. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection objected and told the city to retest, which it did last month.
