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  New Wynwood Mural Uses Augmented Reality to Spark Conversation on Climate Change

  January 15 at 7:47 a.m.

  In a few short weeks, passersby will be able to hold their phones up and and see a video.

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  Florida Isn't Doing Enough to Protect Its Beaches, Surfrider Study Says

  January 7 at 9 a.m.

  Florida's 800-plus miles of beaches are by far the state's top tourist attraction. They draw more visitors than all U.S. theme parks and national parks combined. More than 40 percent of tourists head to Florida for its beaches, and beach tourism brings in more than $55 billion in sales annually. So...

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  Florida Lawmaker Again Files Bill That Would Help Break Monopoly-Solar Stranglehold

  January 4 at 10:33 a.m.

  In most states, it's legal for property owners to sell home-generated solar power to other people or to tenants living in their homes. This is usually called a "power-purchase agreement" — your landlord, for example, might put some solar panels on top of your apartment building and charge...

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  New Bill Would Ban Smoking on Florida Beaches

  January 3 at 8:15 a.m.

  Two years ago, when Miami Beach commissioners wanted to reduce smoking on city beaches, they had only one option: asking nicely. Florida is one of a few states where municipalities cannot regulate tobacco use, so the commission created voluntary smoke-free areas at Fifth Street and 86th Street, where pastel-colored...

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  Feds Won't Turn Over Records Showing How PortMiami Dredging Affected Corals

  Monday, December 31, 2018 at 8 a.m.

  Almost two years later, PortMimai dredging records have not been publicly released.

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  Mark the Shark Grabs Bird by the Neck and Shakes It in Video That Angers Animal Lovers

  Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 5:50 p.m.

  For a brief, weird moment in 2017, the notorious Miami shark hunter Mark "the Shark" Quartiano and conservationists were on the same side. After a couple of local fisher-bros filmed themselves dragging a shark behind a boat until the poor fish was in tatters and then proudly sent the video to Quartiano, the infamous fisherman...