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Pollution Persists in the Florida Everglades Despite 40-Year Restoration Effort, Report Says

The river of grass is not on track to meet a new water quality standard, according to the report. The state says recent data show the pollution is nearly within limits.

By Amy Green

 An aerial view of urban sprawl nestled next to protected wetlands on the fringes of Everglades National Park in Miami Dade County, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A wild male three-fingered sloth climbs a tree in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Credit: Sam Trull

At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, Wild Sloths Have Died by the Dozens

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price
Utility workers repair power lines after Hurricane Milton passed through the area on Oct. 12, 2024, in Englewood, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Florida Power & Light Profit Margins Top Other Utilities’ Nationwide, Report Says

By Amy Green
High voltage power lines run through a sub-station along the power grid in Miami on Jan. 14. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Legislation Aims to Protect Floridians From Data Center Costs, but Will It?

By Amy Green
A National Park Service ranger conducts a walking tour through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park on April 17, 2025. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Everglades Restoration Also Helps Save the Planet from Climate Change, Study Finds

By Amy Green
A Florida panther is seen at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: George Gentry/USFWS

Amid Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Like the Florida Panther Languish

By Amy Green
An aerial view of the migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Documents Raise New Concerns Over Alligator Alcatraz’s Air and Climate Pollution

By Amy Green
Morgan Harper, a community organizer and former U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at a protest in January outside the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in Columbus, urging officials to reject a rate increase from the local utility. Credit: George Shillcock/WOSU

Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle
A wood stork carries fresh nesting material across the Wakodahatchee Wetlands on Jan. 21 in Delray Beach, Fla. Credit: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Trump Administration to Finalize Protections for 11 South Florida Plants and Animals

By Amy Green
In Huntington Beach, California, a bird perches on a contamination containment boom in October 2021 as workers cleanup the Talbert Marsh after a spill off the coast of Huntington Beach threatens wildlife. Credit: Mindy Schauer/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills

By Teresa Tomassoni
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on April 10, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Jon Raedle via Getty Images

In Florida, Questions Surround the State’s Attempt to Expand Its Role in Everglades Restoration

By Amy Green
A construction worker discards debris from the roof of a restaurant damaged during a storm ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall on Oct. 14, 2024, in Fort Myers, Fla. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Hurricane-Prone Florida, Legislators Reconsider New Growth and Development Law

By Amy Green
Shedd Aquarium scientist Andy Kough measures a queen conch at a survey site near Port Everglades. Credit: Aubri Keith

Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida

By Teresa Tomassoni
An airboat takes tourists on a tour of the Florida Everglades near Sawgrass Recreation Park in Weston, Fla., on Nov. 12. Credit: Jose Iglesias/Miami Herald

Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms

By Amy Green
Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition

By Keerti Gopal
Kayakers paddle near a group of manatees on March 22 in Crystal River, Fla. Credit: Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Florida, Manatee Deaths Edge Up Slightly in 2025

By Amy Green
A view of the Everglades on Miccosukee land in Florida. Credit: Lisette Morales McCabe/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Forever Chemicals’ Represent New Environmental Threat for Florida’s Fragile Everglades

By Amy Green
An uncommonly found ghost orchid blooms in the swamp at Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in Copeland, Fla. Credit: Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Administration Suggests Listing Florida’s Elusive Ghost Orchid as Endangered

By Amy Green

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