Environment

Miami officials announced a new Zero Waste Master Plan they hope will ease the county’s on-going trash crisis.

More than a month after Venezuela's devastating earthquakes, public health experts tell The Associated Press the coming weeks are critical to prevent secondary crises from contaminants. Dust from collapsed buildings fills the air, and garbage piles up. Some people are reporting respiratory illnesses.

Century-old reports from South Florida’s founding botanists say that breadfruit would only thrive in the Caribbean and Hawaii, and possibly as far north as Key West. Now, as climate change pushes temperatures higher, that is starting to change.

More than a hundred students, parents and teachers are worried that the fake grass poses a health and environmental risk to students as temperatures continue to rise in South Florida.

UF expert says rebounding populations are coating cars, clustering near roads and drawing attention across the state

There’s no consensus on what’s driving Florida’s soaring insurance rates. A national report points to increasingly costly weather events — many of which are intensified by climate change — but some industry experts blame years of rampant litigation and soaring reinsurance costs.

The National Marine Fisheries Service has started a review that could remove the endangered status from Rice's whales amid increased efforts toward offshore oil drilling.

As Floridians prepare for Earth Day on Wednesday, environmental advocates are attempting to raise awareness about a Trump administration plan to bypass compliance with the Endangered Species Act for all oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

Supporters say it’s an innovative way to deal with the state’s housing needs. Critics said its passage would lead to disaster for decades to come.

Massive piles of sargassum, the size of which have not been seen before, are floating this way, right now, sure to coat the beaches of Florida's East Coast, the Keys, and various Caribbean islands

Production of mezcal in Mexico is booming. That is to meet growing demand of the increasingly popular spirit in the United States. The boom in production has both created opportunities for producers, particularly in the state of Oaxaca, and come with environmental costs.

According to the Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Florida produces about 15% of the country's strawberries grown during the winter, but some of that share could be eaten up by foreign imports.