Florida lacks laws protecting outdoor workers from heat; pythons killing predators in Everglades
In Tallahassee, a small but bipartisan push to suggest that employers meet the lowest bar of heat safety standards has ...
Tag: Everglades
Water quality in Florida to take a hit as lawmakers show their disdain for voters
Legislators added language that would stop 117 local governments from imposing strict fertilizer control measures next year.
How restoring the Everglades can save the Florida panther and our home
FIU ecology professor John Kominoski has studied the Everglades for 11 years to understand the interface between land and water.
Report finds that Deepwater Horizon disaster may happen again; Florida House, Senate have gap on invasive species funding
Oceana fears that a disaster similar to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill may happen in the future.
The Florida invasion: Pythons, spiders and skeeters, oh my
Anyone who follows creepy-crawly news may have seen that we’re in the midst of an invasion on three new fronts.
Hurricanes, pythons pushing north; expect another ‘summer of slime’
Welcome to The Invading Sea’s news roundup, a past feature on the website that we are reviving. We plan on ...
Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth shouldn’t increase the risk of flooding and endanger the restoration of the Everglades
By The Miami Herald Editorial Board Miami-Dade County commissioners this month decided, for the first time in nine years, to ...
Not word about clean water from Florida candidates Charlie Crist and Ron DeSantis?
Editorial Board, TCPALM/Treasure Coast Newspapers The gubernatorial debate between Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist on Oct. 24 ...
Many of Florida’s most important waterways are dying
By Robert Knight, Florida Springs Institute Florida is the Land of a Thousand Springs. Beautiful and healthy springs are among Florida’s ...
Climate change threatens the most iconic U.S. landscapes, including Everglades National Park
By Farrah Hassen Over the past decade, I’ve traveled countless times to the desert regions east of San Bernardino in Southern ...
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