Ashley Miznazi | Miami Herald
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For many drivers of EVs in Florida — the nation’s second largest market for electrical vehicles — premature tire wear has become an unexpected black mark on vehicles promoted as a green climate-friendly option to gas-gulping cars.
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Fertile Earthworm Farm, the largest commercial composting operation in South Florida, wants to expand its climate-friendly waste disposal but efforts have been ensnared in red tape.
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Compost has lots of “green” benefits, reducing waste in landfills, cutting emissions and growing bigger, healthier plants. But the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that only 3 percent of household waste gets composted. Here's how to start composting.
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Potential pilot projects could explore converting sargassum into building material, types of “green” fuel and even an additive that could help reduce beach erosion.
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A new app called Too Good To Go gives customers a chance to buy bags of perfectly edible food at cut-rate prices as an innovative way to reduce food waste.
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This week's king tides are a natural occurrence — the entire coast of North America feels them — but the outsized impact in South Florida is not. They’ve been supercharged by sea level rise in recent decades. And as unchecked climate change continues, experts say these high tide floods will get worse and more common.
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The long-lost Flamingo Lodge is reopening its doors after nearly 20 years.
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For the past 14 months, the Department of Defense has been working with three international teams of scientists, including from the University of Miami, to build a hybrid reef made of concrete and coral.
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The advent of air conditioning is what made Florida’s population boom possible. But despite rising temperatures that make AC standard in just about every business and suburban home, it’s long been a different story in public housing.
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Tesla may be the market leader but it’s facing a growing array of EV competitors. Many of them that will be on display at North America’s largest electric vehicle festival, which is returning to Miami this weekend.
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Though an obscure little creature, the crayfish is also a potentially important indicator of climate change threats.
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An innovative process now in operation at the Larson Dairy farm just north of Lake Okeechobee helps reduce the climate impact of his dairy herd by capturing and cleaning methane locked in manure and sending it to a natural gas pipeline near the farm.