environmental protection

A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration over its decision this week to remove Endangered Species Act protections from species threatened by oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

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.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service settled federal litigation over the species’ plight. But the wood stork will lose its listing under the Endangered Species Act.

Several bills coursing through Tallahassee have aroused the ire of many conservationists. But some bills also have their backing.

Environmental groups claim federal and state officials withheld evidence about funding for an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades. The facility, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," remains open in part because an appellate court relied on arguments that Florida hadn't sought federal reimbursement, which would trigger federal environmental law requirements.

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Amazon activist Marina Silva as environment minister. It's the reaapointment of a woman who carried Brazil's most effective strategy for reducing deforestation.

Miami-Dade County commissioners passed a vote that allows a decades-old boundary that protects coastal wetlands and farms to be moved. South Florida Roundup discussed the situation with WLRN's Environment Editor, Jenny Staletovich.

Mechanical harvesters will be used to collect invasive floating plants and the plants will then be processed and pumped to nearby hayfields to enhance soil.

The modern environmental movement and the far-right movement might appear to be on opposing sides of the political ideology spectrum. But overlap does exist and researchers say it's growing.

Environmental watchdogs now can detect deforestation even when it's hidden from sight by rain and clouds. They're using data from radar on a European satellite.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection says local governments need to know their risk for sea-level rise. Some agencies are already making their own projections.

Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging plans to widen roadways in primary habitat for the endangered Florida panther, the...