Florida – BP oil-spill fines could boost Everglades restoration – Sun-Sentinel
WASHINGTON — Everglades restoration backers are aiming to get a big piece of the billions of dollars of fines that oil giant BP is expected to pay for polluting the…
Mississippi – Study: Oyster reef restoration could boost Gulf Coast economy – Mississippi Press (blog)
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — Oyster reef restoration projects using penalty money from the BP 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill could provide quadruple economic returns for the Gulf Coast states, according to…
Florida unveils new Everglades restoration plan – Sun-Sentinel
A new Everglades restoration deal disclosed Monday proposes to clean up water pollution and resolve decades of federal legal fights, with a more than $ 1.5 billion public price tag.…
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 – Mote Marine joins coral reef restoration effort – Sarasota Herald-Tribune
SARASOTA, FL – Mote Marine Laboratory’s Coral Reef Science and Monitoring Program is participating in a large, federally funded multi-agency effort that on Monday began the largest coral reef restoration…
Texas – BP to begin restoration in Gulf, but Texas holding out – Austin American-Statesman
About $ 60 million worth of coastal restoration projects to be paid for by British petroleum giant BP PLC are about to begin in every Gulf Coast state except Texas.Eight…
Florida – Santa Rosa eyes second beach restoration project – The Northwest Florida Daily News
MILTON — Santa Rosa County officials are in the early stages of planning a second beach restoration on Navarre Beach. County Commissioners recently hired the engineering firm Coastal Tech to…
Florida – Beach restoration pilot project in Palm Beach County raises hopes, concerns – The Florida Current
Beach restoration projects are supposed to protect homes and businesses along the coast while providing wide sandy beaches for tourists, sea turtles and other wildlife. Those projects often cover one…
Florida – South Florida Environmental Report Highlights Restoration Progress, State of the Ecosystem – Broward Net Online
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) released the 2012 South Florida Environmental Report detailing a year of restoration, scientific and engineering…
Washington D.C. – Senate approves plan to send BP fines to Gulf restoration – MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a highway bill Wednesday that includes a long-sought provision for the Gulf Coast: A guarantee that 80 percent of the fines collected from the April…
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