WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District is responsible for Everglades restoration and hurricane response, among other duties. Some say the move is “shocking.”
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Gov. Ron DeSantis said the plan, which took more than a decade to hammer out, failed to pave the way for artificial reefs in state waters and stripped Florida of managing its own wildlife.
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Testing shows wells in Whitted had enough PFAS to pose potential health risks. Funding is approved to get the area onto a public drinking water supply, but such change is usually slow in Black neighborhoods.
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The project needs signatures from about 400 property owners in three communities by the end of the weekend to move forward with the project to replenish beaches.
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Florida's manatees will likely remain a threatened species. Federal environmental regulators won't recommended increasing their protections as an endangered species.
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While oyster harvesting there was halted in 2020, officials say reviving the industry would help the area's economy. It would resume in 2026.
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Protections on ship speeds in the Gulf were removed by the Trump administration in areas where the endangered Rice's whale is known to breed.
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Water from a stream that flows into Lake Maggiore is cleaner, thanks to a million-dollar restoration project.
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The troubled plant in Manatee County has caused environmental problems for Tampa Bay since the 1970s. We take a tour of the site, where workers are within months of shutting it down.
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The Charlotte County Commission has imposed a ban on all outdoor burning, including the use and discharge of fireworks and sparklers.
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Up to 20 staffers have been laid off at national parks in South Florida. At the research center at Everglades National Park, half the team working on restoration efforts is leaving, sources say.
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A vertically floating vessel and an underwater habitat could give Florida scientists greater access to oceanic research.
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Here is a list of some of the major pieces of legislation lawmakers are expected to tackle when the session begins March 4.
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In Miami-Dade, depending on the day, only five to seven of the county’s 75 EV buses are in service. In Broward, none of Broward’s fleet of 42 EVs buses managed to run routes earlier this month.