U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Rick Scott's Cuts Dilute Water Laws, Endanger Sea Life

The Hangover Part III Punches Down

Miami Man Offers Burials at Sea for $500

Burials at Sea: The Real Story Behind Miami's Craziest Van Advertisement

A white '80s Dodge Ram work van idles near the public boat ramp at Dinner Key Marina in Coconut Grove. The ride has no windows, giving it a Silence of the Lambs vibe. Strapped to the roof is a crude homemade sign that owner Eugene "Jobie" Steppe stenciled with a striking advertisement: "FULL BODY BU ... More >>

I-4 Corridor Predicts Florida for Romney

Cancer, Asthma, and Death Prowl a Miami Neighborhood

Poisoned: A New Times Investigation Into a Neighborhood's Toxic History and Cancer Scare

Last month, the Miami-Dade County Commission quietly passed a terrifying-sounding resolution, voting to ask health officials to travel to the small neighborhood of Broadmoor in Northwest Dade to investigate whether a recycling plant had caused a cancer cluster. Residents there made frighte ... More >>

Environmental Group Plans to Sue County Over Sewage Problems, Biscayne Bay Pollution UPDATED

Sh*t is hitting the fan. First, there were the leaks: over 65 of them in the past two years, inundating neighborhoods across South Florida with putrid water. Then came the bill: over $1.1 billion to fix the county's aging sewage system. The crap crisis has become so bad that last week the county ann ... More >>

America's Fracking Gold Rush Portends the Greatest Environmental Disaster of a Generation

How To Stop Wasting So Much Damn Food

In a society based on oversized portions and instant gratification, it's no surprise that we waste a lot of food. But just how much we haul to the rubbish bin is nothing short of jaw-dropping.  According to the EPA, food recently replaced paper as the largest single component of our nation's la ... More >>

New Dirty Dozen: Apples, Celery Most Pesticide-Contaminated. Mushrooms Okay.

Lettuce samples contained 78 different pesticide residues. Domestic blueberries tested positive for 42 pesticides. And 98 percent of apples were found to be contaminated by pesticides. And 92 percent of certain baby foods were pesticide-tainted. (These levels were measured in "conventional," or non- ... More >>

Three Miami Beaches Found With High Levels of Intestinal Bacteria: No-Swim Advisories Posted

​Enteric bacteria belongs inside your intestinal track, not in your ocean water. Three beach areas in Miami-Dade have been hit with no-swim advisories after unsafe levels of the bacteria were found in the water. The Miami-Dade County Health Department is carrying out further tests.

Palm Beach Septic Company Tricked Old People Into Buying 70 Years Worth of Toilet Paper

​​Did you know that the EPA can now fine you if your house's septic tank is dirty? Or that the EPA now requires toilet paper be made from synthetic materials instead of traditional wood fiber? And that the government agency is banning animal fat from soap?Actually, that's all bullshit. But ... More >>

Chili's Can Be Rude -- Stop Throwing Away Your Food!

I love free stuff, Groupon, discounts, hook ups, and so on. But my obsession with not throwing away food when there is some other use for it stems from more than the fact I like to save a little coin.Americans generate more than 34 million tons of food waste annually -- which makes it the largest pa ... More >>

Miami Ranked One of America's Most Stressful Cities

​Oh sure we've got decent weather and calming seas, but it's not exactly a surprise that for us living year round in Miami life can be stressful. Let's not even get started on our ridiculous traffic, horrible parking, and tanked economy. So it shouldn't be shocki ... More >>

Popular Liberty City Park Contaminated

By Theo Karantsalis ​If your child has visited a popular Liberty City park, the county suggests a lead poisoning test may be in order. Lead levels that are more than 200 percent higher than normal have been found at the 6.5-acre Olinda Park at 5100 Northwest 21st Ave., according to the Env ... More >>

Marco Rubio Doesn't Understand How Grass Works

via Wikimedia Commons user MoserB A federal agency is very against one of the things in this picture.​Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson have taken a stand -- keep planting grass for people to mow.The National Hispanic Landscape Alliance -- which held its first conference in March ... More >>

Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

Dole Won't Pay Nicaraguan Banana Workers $97 Million

image via nataliemaynor flickrNo plata for the platano workers.​A federal judge in Miami ruled that $97 million ordered paid by Dole Food Inc. to 150 Nicaraguan workers who claim to have suffered sterility and other injuries due to pesticide cannot be upheld in the U.S.The injuries allegedly stem ... More >>

Will There Be Any Miamians in Obama's Administration?

Not only did Barack Obama pass over Manny Diaz as secretary of HUD, but also he is widely expected to name Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion as head of his newly created Office of Urban Policy, another position Diaz was considered in the running for. But with the nasty habit our most powerful l ... More >>

Environmental Dunces

Soon-to-be-displaced County Commission Chairman Bruno Barreiro is no friend of the environment. The former state representative led the charge to allow developers to build beyond the county's imaginary line that stops construction from encroaching on the Everglades and environmentally sensitive land ... More >>

Bottled Water Gets the Boot

As containers and costs mount, tap water is the rule in eateries.

Poisoned Well

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

Sushi Advisory

Sushi Advisory

Keep Banning Those Bags

A Rising Tide

A UM scientist and global warming pioneer warns the muckety-mucks

Beneath the Pink Underwear

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

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

Letters

What Are a Few Toxins Among Friends?

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

News of the Weird

"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

Letters

Goo Grief

There's a million cubic yards of toxic sludge on the bottom of the Miami River and you may as well get used to it

Why Recycle?

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

Letters

The Buzz About Riverside Center

City bureaucrats move into FPL's posh Miami River digs with only a milligauss or two of apprehension

Putting the Country in Country Club

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

GET THE KIDS INSIDE! BOLT THE DOOR!

Toxic sewage spawns swamp monsters; officials say no cause for alarm

Here' s Looking At You

Airport officials want to clarify those warning signs about lead in the drinking water at MIA: Never mind! Just ignore 'em!

The Million-Dollar Flush

At last an agreement between the county and the feds over Dade's sewage mess. The price could make you gag.

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.

Footlights and Fancy-Free

Theatre League of South Florida

Sewergate

If you think Dade County is a filthy mess now, just wait till you're drowning in it

Waste Erased

Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

Nobody Nose the Trouble I've Seen

Are you felled by pesticides at distances of a mile or more? Can you lobby hard for legislation? Welcome to the club.

Bent Out of Shape

The Space Shuttle Is Still a Death Machine, Warns Engineer Ali AbuTaha