The reinterpretation of the Endangered Species Act would affect hundreds of species nationwide, but it would have an especially big impact in the Sunshine State
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New law makes it easier to pave over Florida farmland
The bill’s sponsors say they’re defending Floridians’ property rights. Environmental activists say it’s the latest step the state legislature has taken to speed suburban sprawl and weaken local power to regulate zoning and environmental protections.
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Toxic Tides: Rising seas increase risk of contaminants in Jacksonville’s waterfront communities
More than 5,000 industrial facilities, water treatment plants, former defense sites, oil refineries and nuclear power plants across the coastal United States – often in or near historically marginalized neighborhoods – are now more likely to experience flooding.
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Florida’s most polluted river cleaned up. A company could dump wastewater into it again
At the request of a company owned by one of America’s wealthiest families, state regulators are paving the way for wastewater to flow back into the Fenholloway River
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Florida on track to flunk Everglades pollution rules
Flunking water quality standards means higher chances of noxious, toxic algae blooms along the coasts
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As UF considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped, muted
The University of Florida is planning to demolish an on-campus conservation area known as Graham Woods — a project that would chop down roughly 1,000 trees in a mini-forest favored by nature lovers and bicyclists.
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Tearing down the Rodman Dam is elusive, once again, for St. Johns River advocates
Removing the Rodman Dam once again proved to be one of the most intractable environmental issues in Florida, one that has flummoxed governors, federal bureaucrats, political operatives and activists for decades.
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Northeast Florida land deal dies after intervention from Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff
Wiles’ intervention turbocharged what was already a furious and rapidly organizing opposition in St. Johns County to the proposal.
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Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, slams controversial Northeast Florida land deal
Wiles’ intervention, given her proximity to national power, is remarkable, but it’s in line with many prominent figures in Northeast Florida concerned the land swap could tarnish prized and environmentally sensitive land