environmental protection

After a lifetime fishing on Lake Okeechobee, Justin Jones has gotten familiar with the herbicides state contractors spray on the water to kill invasive aquatic plants like hydrilla and water hyacinth.

At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025, with Latin America accounting for 85% of the deaths. That's according to a new Global Witness report. Colombia remained the deadliest country for the fourth consecutive year, while killings more than doubled in Brazil. Indigenous people and small-scale farmers were particularly at risk as armed groups, illicit economies and disputes over land and natural resources put pressure on communities defending their territories.

A 14-year-old wildlife tracker from Spain travelled to South Florida to speak at the Frost Science Museum and the Miami Children's Museum about her book, “Things That Blow My Mind About Animals,” which she wrote when she was 11 years old and was recently translated into English.

Publishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change's impact, WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state has turned to updating its science standards.

The proposal seeking to reduce "regulatory burden" for the industry is raising major red flags for environmentalists.

Authorities from five Amazon countries have arrested hundreds in a major crackdown on environmental crime. Operation Green Shield 2026, which ran from July 15 to July 31, involved over 3,600 officers targeting illegal mining, logging and wildlife trafficking. Officials from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru coordinated the effort.

Counties throughout Florida are considering potential bans on AI data centers as residents raise concerns about the impact on the environment.

When disaster strikes, those who turn to government agencies for assistance tend to be the most vulnerable: senior citizens, individuals with special needs, homeowners who had insurance and a disaster plan but were living paycheck-to-paycheck and suddenly have no place to go.

Tourism collapsed in Southwest Florida in 2010 and more than 500 claims for economic-related damages were paid in Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties alone totaling $23.5 million.

The subpoena, served to the Environmental Law Institute and its Climate Judiciary Project, demands the group disclose its funding sources, communications with Florida judges, and role in climate-related litigation.

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.