environment

It’s no mystery what has triggered the algae blooms, fish kills and sea grass die-offs that have troubled Biscayne Bay over the last few years. It’s pollution. But what pollution, how much and where is it coming from? Those are murky questions that may soon be cleared up with the help of a super high-tech computer modeling system run by Florida International University.

A Bahamian oil company contracted a drill ship to begin exploring the island country's waters for oil in less than a month.

Heavy rains that lingered weeks after the official end of the wet season left farmers struggling with flooded fields and meager crops.

The federal council appointed to oversee the restoration of states affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill approved $302 million dollars for restoration projects Wednesday. Associate Deputy Administrator Doug Benevento said 73 million of those dollars have been allocated for projects along Florida’s Gulf Coast.

A judge has given the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a year to assess the damage caused to sea turtles, manatees and other protected species by dirty water released from Lake Okeechobee.

Since the pandemic started, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary staffers have not been allowed to scuba dive. They can't check on the coral reefs, fish and other habitats and animals the sanctuary is there to protect. That's about to change.

The program needed four county staff members to meet to review applications for the trust. But for four years, they couldn't manage to organize a meeting, delaying an application now at the center of the Miami Wilds project.

Friends of the Everglades and the Everglades Foundation are asking Miami-Dade county commissioners to delay the vote until more details are provided on a county request to use the Homestead Air Reserve Base.

Horseshoe crabs have been around for a long time. Hundreds of millions of years. But their population has never been assessed in Florida. And the state is looking for help from citizen scientists to gather data.

On Oct. 6, Miami-Dade commissioners are scheduled to vote on a resolution calling for a conclusion to negotiations that started in 2014.

China is investing in both coal and renewable energy, the European Union promises to dramatically reduce carbon emissions and the U.S. is leaving the Paris Agreement altogether. What will 2021 hold?

The move extends a moratorium Trump imposed earlier this month. The oil industry opposes the move. Trump's detractors say Trump is playing politics ahead of a close election battle.