Environmental Issues and Protection

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Environmentalists Sue to Stop Port of Miami Deep Dredge Project

Environmentalists are suing to stop a $150 million dredging project from tearing up Biscayne BayFaced with up to two years of underwater blasting that they say will forever scar Biscayne Bay, local environmentalists played their last card yesterday to stop the Port of Miami "Deep Dredge" project: Th ... More >>

Port of Miami Dredge Project: Environmentalists Plot Lawsuit

Past dredge work near the Port of Miami​Unlike the giant, post-Panamax freighters that might never arrive, the deep dredging of the Port of Miami approaches with near certainty. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has promised funds, regulators have given a green light, and a Brazilian construction company ha ... More >>

Reader mail: "Global warming no longer exists!"

Past dredge work near the Port of Miami​Unlike the giant, post-Panamax freighters that might never arrive, the deep dredging of the Port of Miami approaches with near certainty. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has promised funds, regulators have given a green light, and a Brazilian construction company ha ... More >>

Global warming could put Turkey Point nuclear reactors under water

Past dredge work near the Port of Miami​Unlike the giant, post-Panamax freighters that might never arrive, the deep dredging of the Port of Miami approaches with near certainty. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has promised funds, regulators have given a green light, and a Brazilian construction company ha ... More >>

Turkey Point Reactors Vulnerable to Global Warming, Experts Warn

​"We are the most vulnerable metropolitan area in the world when it comes to sea level rise," says University of Miami professor Harold Wanless. Sitting in his office, the avuncular geologist paints a bleak picture. Global warming is a fact, and the results are already visible: hurricanes are gett ... More >>

Model Earth

​"We are the most vulnerable metropolitan area in the world when it comes to sea level rise," says University of Miami professor Harold Wanless. Sitting in his office, the avuncular geologist paints a bleak picture. Global warming is a fact, and the results are already visible: hurricanes are gett ... More >>

Air Pollution Triggers More Heart Attacks Than Cocaine

​Quick, what causes more heart attacks: cocaine or air pollution? It's actually air pollution, which triggers roughly five to seven percent of all heart attacks. Whereas cocaine is responsible for only 0.9 percent of all heart attacks. Of course, cocaine is much more dangerous on a personal level. ... More >>

Miami Could Lose 10 Percent of its Land by 2100 Due to Rising Sea Levels

Red areas indicate land that could be lost by 2100. Yellow areas indicate land that could be lost if sea level rise by six meters.​Miami Beach will mostly be underwater in less than 90 years according to a new report out of the University of Arizona. The new reports suggest that by 2100 more than ... More >>

Kendrick Meek Will Not Share Endorsements with Charlie Crist, Thank You Very Much

​Democratic Senate Candidate Kendrick Meek has declined the endorsement of influential environmental group the Sierra Club by basically claiming that he's greener than them. What's got Meek so mad? Well, the group made a joint endorsement throwing their support behind Charlie Crist as well.

Is Promoting Bicycles Eroding Our Freedom and the Constitution?

​Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz was noted for his strong advocacy for bicycling, and Miami Beach has just launched its Decobike bike sharing program. This all seems progressive and positive, but is it secretly part of a larger plot to erode our personal freedoms, undermine the American constitution ... More >>

Poisoned Well

What was contaminating our drinking water? Who knows - Dade officials stopped looking.

’Twas the Day Before Christmas

And mama needs a massage, stat!

Go Shorty

Party like it’s your Earth Day

Pretty as a Picture

Artist Xavier Cortada is bringing back the mangroves

Beer-Lovin’ Tree-Huggers

Artist Xavier Cortada is bringing back the mangroves

The Greenpeace Effect

Environmental advocates claim they just want loggers to play by the rules. But Brazilian mahogany barons, local lumber lords, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Port of Miami all want these tree-huggers stopped

Beneath the Pink Underwear

Water pollution is more serious than the WASD plan would have you believe

A Fissure Runs Through It

Miami's chapter of the Audubon Society loses a leader and gains critics

Drive My Clean Car

"Tomorrow's Cars Today"

Victory!

Hip hip hooray. The Homestead airport is dead. For now, at least.

Vox Populi

Opposition to developing an airport in Homestead continues to grow

Collision Course

On one side are politicians and influential business interests. On the other are environmentalists and some very wealthy private citizens. In the middle is Homestead Air Force Base. Dead ahead: An explosive confrontation.

Deep Well Infection

A sordid tale about breaking rule number one: Don't shit where you drink

Better Lake Than Never?

Officials insist the Lake Belt created by limestone mining in Northwest Miami-Dade will be an eco-panacea. Critics say that's all wet.

All About the Green

A much ballyhooed petition supporting a commercial airport in Homestead appears to be a sham

Forcing Out HABDI

One of South Florida's oldest families is nearing a come-from-behind victory in the battle for the Homestead Air Base

Crude Motives

Members of the Collier family want to explore for oil in the nature preserve they helped create

Resignation Indignation

When Joette Lorion publicly quit Friends of the Everglades, some environmentalists scoffed

Letters

When Joette Lorion publicly quit Friends of the Everglades, some environmentalists scoffed

The Polo Wars

What happens when rich developers propose a luxury club be built on fragile Everglades wetlands? The horse manure hits the fan.

Letters

What happens when rich developers propose a luxury club be built on fragile Everglades wetlands? The horse manure hits the fan.

What Are a Few Toxins Among Friends?

Environmentalists can't understand why the EPA would remove the Munisport dump from the Superfund list

Air Base Confidential

Environmentalists can't understand why the EPA would remove the Munisport dump from the Superfund list

Temporarily Grounded?

The race to develop Homestead Air Force Base could soon hit a major snag. It's called Mother Nature.

Letters

The race to develop Homestead Air Force Base could soon hit a major snag. It's called Mother Nature.

"It'll Never Get Off the Ground"

With nothing to show after four years but bitterness and bickering, the plan to turn Homestead Air Force Base into a commercial airport has gone from national model to national embarrassment

How Green Is Too Green?

Bulldozers. Pesticides. Fertilizers. If you live in South Florida, golf's threat to the ecosystem might get you teed off.

Talkin' Trash

More good news for Miami: Surfside knows the secret of good garbage

A Key Battle

The Conch Coalition and Taras Lyssenko claimed environmentalists were out to destroy the culture and economy of the Keys. Voters listened.

Not Cleared for Takeoff

If a national coalition of environmental groups has its way, Homestead Air Force Base won't be handed over to private developers just yet

Why Recycle?

It feels good to do it. But recycling doesn't always save money or protect the environment.

Oops, Sorry, There Will Be No HABDI Investigation

It feels good to do it. But recycling doesn't always save money or protect the environment.

Letters

It feels good to do it. But recycling doesn't always save money or protect the environment.

A Whiter Shade of Green

It feels good to do it. But recycling doesn't always save money or protect the environment.

Putting the Country in Country Club

What better place than a golf course to hold an environmental conference?

Our Garbage, Ourselves

Scaling Mount Trashmore, sorting through the clues to the mystery of everyday life

Battle by Proxy

Environmentalist George Barley's untimely death has impoverished the fight to save the Everglades. But look out, Big Sugar! Here comes Mary!

Throw Away This Newspaper

And you just might face hefty fines, thanks to the countywide crackdown on businesses and landlords that refuse to recycle

Toxic Runways

Years of neglect have poisoned the land and contaminated the water under Miami International Airport. Investigators are just now beginning to grasp how bad it is. It's very bad.