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  Wildfires in the Amazon Inspire Protest Outside Brazilian Consulate in Miami

  August 23 at 9 a.m.

  The Amazon rainforest has been ablaze for weeks, cloaking Brazilian cities in smog and drawing international concern. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who campaigned on reopening the Amazon to business, says his government can't stop the wildfires. For environmental protesters in Miami and other major cities around the world, that's not good enough.

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  Environmental Groups: Trump Sold Out Endangered Species to Benefit Polluters

  August 22 at 2:55 p.m.

  Last week, the Trump administration severely weakened the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in a series of changes that included erasing climate change as a threat to wildlife and removing protections from threatened species. In response, a group of environmental and animal protection organizations has filed a lawsuit arguing the amendments violate the law.

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  Environmental Groups Blast Trump Administration for Failing Florida's Green Sea Turtles

  August 20 at 9 a.m.

  Nearly 90 percent of all sea turtle nesting in the United States occurs on Florida beaches. Every summer, thousands of threatened and endangered sea turtles emerge from the water at night to lay their eggs in the sand.

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  After Threat From Florida's Retail Lobby, Surfside to Overturn Its Plastic Bag Ban

  August 19 at 2:06 p.m.

  A mere six weeks ago, Surfside commissioners passed a sweeping ban of most single-use plastics, hoping to rid the town of plastic bags, utensils, and dinnerware. At the time, Mayor Daniel Dietch praised the ban as a reasonable measure that would help reduce plastic pollution in the oceanside community.

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  Florida Key Deer Among First Casualties of Gutted Endangered Species Act

  August 15 at 9 a.m.

  Changes announced this week to the Endangered Species Act will make it even more difficult to protect endangered wildlife or designate areas as critical habitats.

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  Pellet-Gun-Toting Teens Hunt Iguanas for Cash in Neighborhood Where Pool Boy Was Shot

  August 9 at 11 a.m.

  Just weeks after a pool boy was accidentally shot by an iguana hunter in their neighborhood, two enterprising Boca Raton teens began stuffing mailboxes with flyers advertising the pair's extermination services.