WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
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The proposed terminal has aroused opposition from fishers, boaters and environmental advocates who want to protect the ecologically sensitive area. Around 12,000 people have signed a petition against it so far.
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The proposed drilling area is “dangerously close” to Florida, and roughly the size of South Carolina.
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SSA Marine said its port would be just south of the seaward side of the Sunshine Skyway and would complement Port Tampa Bay's operations. The land is on an environmentally sensitive island, worrying advocates.
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The county is leasing its Lithia landfill to a company that will turn landfill gas, the natural byproduct of decomposing organic material, into "renewable natural gas."
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According to a new study and hundreds of videos shot mostly in waters near Palm Beach County, manta rays can act as a mobile home, providing food, shelter, even honeymoon suites for fish in sometimes inhospitable waters.
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Climate change has pushed some native Florida species north. While the reptiles prefer South Florida’s climate, they have been spotted around the bay area.
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At least a dozen federal datasets have been axed or altered under the Trump administration. They track issues such as climate change, food security and health outcomes.
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The city of Sarasota requires a permit to take down what are called grand trees, including live oaks, in most cases.
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The 2024-2025 harvest was the lowest in more than 100 years, the result of recent hurricanes, decades of deadly citrus greening disease and development on what had been citrus groves.
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Lawmakers are back in Tallahassee this week for their annual session. Environmentalists are concerned about bills that would reduce local government control over pollution and new developments.
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The measure would ban capturing threatened or endangered marine life off the Florida coast for exhibits.
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It's illegal to interfere or drive on beach dunes. One professor says when people violate this rule, the repercussions are far greater than just leaving a footprint.
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The shopping and dining district was hit by three major storms in 2024, and will now be able to upgrade its stormwater pumps, piping and backup generators.
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The Roskamp Institute will be at the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation to draft 400 volunteers for a study on why some of those exposed to red tide end up in distress.