Habitat Protections for Florida’s Threatened Manatees Get an Overdue Update Federal wildlife officials acknowledged that changes were needed more than a decade ago but said they lacked funding. Now, with manatees perishing in large numbers, a lawsuit has forced the issue. By Amy Green, WMFE
New Florida Legislation Will Help the State Brace for Rising Sea Levels, but Doesn’t Address Its Underlying Cause By Amy Green, WMFE
A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits’ Mined for Sand and Clay By Agya K. Aning
Warming Trends: Tracking Bird Migration in the Night Sky, Plus the Olympic Mountains’ Rapidly Shrinking Glaciers and a Podcast Focused on Florida’s Polluted Environment By Katelyn Weisbrod
Hurricane Michael Hit the Florida Panhandle in 2018 With 155 MPH Winds. Some Black and Low-Income Neighborhoods Still Haven’t Recovered By Jonathan Moens
Fish on Valium: A Multitude of Prescription Drugs Are Contaminating Florida’s Waterways and Marine Life By Aman Azhar
A Florida Chemical Plant Has Fallen Behind in Its Pledge to Cut Emissions of a Potent Greenhouse Gas By Phil McKenna
Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes an Unprecedented $1.1 Billion for Everglades Revitalization By Amy Green, WMFE
Florida’s Red Tides Are Getting Worse and May Be Hard to Control Because of Climate Change By Aman Azhar
An African American Community in Florida Blocked Two Proposed Solar Farms. Then the Florida Legislature Stepped In. By Aman Azhar
Coal Powered the Industrial Revolution. It Left Behind an ‘Absolutely Massive’ Environmental Catastrophe By James Bruggers
Does Nature Have Rights? A Burgeoning Legal Movement Says Rivers, Forests and Wildlife Have Standing, Too By Katie Surma
In Florida, Environmental Oversight Improves Under DeSantis, But Enforcement Issues Remain By Amy Green
Moving Water in the Everglades Sends a Cascade of Consequences, Some Anticipated and Some Not By Amy Green
EPA Struggles to Track Methane Emissions From Landfills. Here’s Why It Matters By James Bruggers, Amy Green, Phil McKenna, and Robert Benincasa