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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Babies Don't Want Vegan Mommies? What a Load of Baloney

    This past weekend, the LA Times published an editorial suggesting pregnant women who adhere to a vegan diet and subsequently raise vegan children are irresponsible. The writer, Alexandra Le Tellier, was responding to the release of Vegan Is Love, a new children's book that explains and advocates a v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Ryder, Miami-Based Fortune 500 Company, Paid No Federal Income Tax The Past 3 Years

    Ever wonder what's in the back of all those Ryder trucks?Your tax dollars, apparently.According to a new study by Citizens for Tax Justice, the Miami-based Fortune 500 company paid -7.3 percent federal income tax from 2008-10. That's negative 7.3 percent. Kinda makes you want to torch the nearest mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Spreading Dry Animal Feces and Other Leaf Blower Dangers

    ​So Coral Gables Commissioner Ralph Cabrera just called up to say that yesterday's post trashing his proposal to ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers in Coral Gables was unfair. He claims to have said many other more intelligent things to a reporter than, "Some people look at leaf blowers as a necess ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

    ​So Coral Gables Commissioner Ralph Cabrera just called up to say that yesterday's post trashing his proposal to ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers in Coral Gables was unfair. He claims to have said many other more intelligent things to a reporter than, "Some people look at leaf blowers as a necess ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    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 >>

  • Dining

    August 14, 2008

    Bottled Water Gets the Boot

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

  • News

    March 20, 2008

    Poisoned Well

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

  • Home Entertainment

    January 31, 2008

    Point and Chop

    No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Sushi Advisory

    No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Sushi Advisory

    No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2007

    Keep Banning Those Bags

    No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade.

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2007

    A One Man Mosquito Spray Ban Issues Warnings

    No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade.

  • News

    April 26, 2007

    A Rising Tide

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

  • News

    January 5, 2006

    Damnation by Decibel

    From hear to eternity, Miami is hell on your aural health

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    The Bitch

    The Bell Tolls For Spree

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Beneath the Pink Underwear

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

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Ecological Politics

    UM's Larry Brand flouts the grant system, pays the price

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of January 2, 2003

    More on Officer Trouble of Golden Beach

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Vox Populi

    Opposition to developing an airport in Homestead continues to grow

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    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.

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    Deep Well Infection

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

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Letters

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

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    What Are a Few Toxins Among Friends?

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

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    News of the Weird

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

  • News

    June 12, 1997

    "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

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Letters

    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

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    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

  • News

    September 5, 1996

    Why Recycle?

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

  • News

    June 6, 1996

    The Bloom That Vexes

    In a popular Keys diving spot, marine researchers find two species of algae that tend to favor polluted waters

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    Letters

    In a popular Keys diving spot, marine researchers find two species of algae that tend to favor polluted waters

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    The Buzz About Riverside Center

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

  • News

    January 25, 1996

    Putting the Country in Country Club

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

  • News

    January 25, 1996

    GET THE KIDS INSIDE! BOLT THE DOOR!

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

  • News

    March 2, 1995

    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!

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    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.

  • News

    December 1, 1993

    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.

  • Culture

    July 14, 1993

    Footlights and Fancy-Free

    Theatre League of South Florida

  • News

    March 31, 1993

    Sewergate

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

  • News

    January 6, 1993

    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

  • Culture

    December 23, 1992

    Morrison on Their Minds

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

  • News

    October 2, 1991

    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.

  • News

    August 22, 1990

    Bent Out of Shape

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

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