Florida – PortMiami dredge measure could face legal challenge – MiamiHerald.com
An unusual legislative maneuver intended to push the accelerator on PortMiami’s Deep Dredge project, which has been indefinitely stalled pending an environmental review, could quickly encounter a speed bump. The…
Florida – Momentum builds for Port of Miami Deep Dredge – MiamiHerald.com
TALLAHASSEE – The Miami-Dade delegation stands poised for a big win: legislation that would speed up the Port of Miami Deep Dredge. On Monday, the Florida House passed a second…
Florida – We must prepare in case Cuba oil rigs spring a leak – MiamiHerald.com
Deep-water drilling for oil already has begun off the coast of Cuba, barely 55 miles away from the United States. There is significant threat to the U.S. ocean and coastal…
Florida – Port of Miami project gets help from Tallahassee – MiamiHerald.com
TALLAHASSEE – A bill that won the support of the Florida House on Thursday could jump-start the stalled Port of Miami Deep Dredge. The proposed legislation — which passed by…
Florida environmentalists target Rodman reservoir dam – MiamiHerald.com
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Two environmental groups notified the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday that they’ll sue the agency if it doesn’t agree to remove the Rodman Reservoir’s dam because it…
Washington D.C. – US House will consider a trust fund for coastal restoration post-BP oil spill – MiamiHerald.com
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on an amendment pushed by Gulf State lawmakers to dedicate 80 percent of the fines collected from the 2010 BP…
Florida – Six years after Hurricane Wilma, historic fishing pier still unusable – MiamiHerald.com
Bouncer Smith remembers heading out every Wednesday and Sunday to fish with other kids on the Newport Fishing Pier. At the end of the day, a local couple who knew…
Florida – Delay for Miami’s “Deep Dredge” – MiamiHerald.com
The Port of Miami’s “Deep Dredge” faces potentially major delay — months at minimum, maybe a year or more. Work on the $ 150 million project, a critical and controversial…
Florida – Father, son accused of chiseling coral from Keys reef – MiamiHerald.com
Two men from Tennessee tried to enhance their aquarium by chiseling coral from a popular and protected reef off Islamorada, state authorities say. Ronald Fitzgerald, 63, and his son Joseph…
Florida – Oil rig could be off Key West in two weeks – MiamiHerald.com
The Scarabeo 9, a giant semi-submersible oil rig headed to Cuba, set sail from its temporary port in Trinidad and Tobago this week, observers said. It could be in the…
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