Florida – New drilling off Cuba may pose more risk to Florida – MiamiHerald.com
New oil drilling expected to begin offshore of Cuba at the end of the summer is at least 50 miles farther away from Key West than a well that came…
Florida – Commission could reopen fisheries, install Black Bear plan – MiamiHerald.com
Snook and black bears are among the highlights of the upcoming Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting Wednesday and Thursday in Palm Beach Gardens. Commissioners are expected to decide…
Florida – Progress in the Florida Everglades, but more needed, report says – MiamiHerald.com
Keep working – but faster. That roughly sums up a major Everglades restoration progress report released Thursday. The report, from independent scientists appointed by the National Resource Council, is more…
Florida – Dania Beach commission OKs $1 million for waterfront project – MiamiHerald.com
The Dania Beach marina project will be getting more than $ 1 million to help pay for new floating docks and other improvements that city leaders hope will bring more…
Florida – Stimulus money funding coral reef restoration in Keys – MiamiHerald.com
Stimulus money has gone toward many things. From Broward County to the Florida Keys, and in the U.S. Virgin Islands, $ 3.3 million of it was used to create “singles…
Florida – Deep dredging of Miami’s port gets final environmental OK – MiamiHerald.com
MIAMI, FL – A month after reaching a legal settlement that cleared the way for the controversial $ 2 billion PortMiami expansion plan, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has…
Florida – The coming storm in flood insurance – MiamiHerald.com
The name Alberto probably doesn’t mean much to someone living in Florida, but it’s a name worth knowing. He is the year’s first tropical storm, which began swirling in the…
Scientists work to bridge political gap between Cuba, US – MiamiHerald.com
VINALES, Cuba – Cuban and American scientists have joined forces in an effort to protect baby sea turtles and endangered sharks. They’re studying Caribbean weather patterns that fuel the hurricanes…
Carribean – Oil well in Cuba comes up dry, raises questions about future exploration – MiamiHerald.com
Cuba’s dreams of an oil bonanza suffered a tough but possibly temporary setback Friday when the Spanish Repsol company confirmed it hit a dry hole when it drilled a well…
Florida – Miami-Dade’s leaky pipes: More than 47 million gallons of waste spilled in past two years – MiamiHerald.com
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – Miami-Dade County’s antiquated sewer system has ruptured at least 65 times over the past two years, spewing more than 47 million gallons of untreated human waste…
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