Florida – 357 pounds of junk hauled off coral reefs – Sun-Sentinel
Like many mysteries of the sea, the source of a pair of dentures found on a coral reef off Fort Lauderdale may remain forever unknown. But the origin of a…
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…
Florida – Boca Raton Council kills proposed park upgrade project – Sun-Sentinel
Boca Raton— After nearly a year of discussion, the Boca Raton City Council Tuesday killed a $ 2.9 million project that would have upgraded two city-owned parks on the Intracoastal…
Florida – Environmental group says Florida getting lax on polluters – Sun-Sentinel
Polluters in southeast Florida saw a 54 percent drop in fines and far fewer enforcement actions under the administration of Gov. Rick Scott, according to a new report by a…
Florida – Palm Beach Island to be state model for beach renourishment – Sun-Sentinel
Attempts to restore South Florida’s eroding beaches frequently generate their own sand storms. Governments argue about funding and sand sources; environmental groups fear possible harm to coral reefs and sea…
Florida – Fort Lauderdale turning off some beach street lights to protect turtles – Sun-Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE — Street lights along most of the west side of State Road A1A will be turned off this week because their shielding is not doing enough to stop…
Florida – Restoring Florida Everglades needs cooperation – Sun-Sentinel
Give Gov. Rick Scott credit. His administration has succeeded in moving what has been an agonizingly slow initiative to restore the Florida Everglades. The federal Environmental Protection Agency recently approved…
Florida – Deadline looms for Intracoastal parks improvement – Sun-Sentinel
BOCA RATON — The fate of a $ 2.9 million project to add canoe trails and more boating at city parks along the Intracoastal Waterway will be decided Monday. That’s…
Florida – Dredging to take bite out of Dania canal – Sun-Sentinel
Boaters can expect to see massive machinery ripping into the bottom at Port Everglades and the Dania Cut Off Canal on Sunday as a long-anticipated dredging project gets under way.…
Florida – State takes aim at mercury pollution – Sun-Sentinel
Could the construction of power plants in Shanghai make it less safe to eat fish caught in the Everglades? That’s the difficulty Florida’s environmental managers are grappling with as they…
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