Despite dying during last year’s legislative session, two bills in the Florida House and Senate are once again trying to further keep local governments from banning plastic.
After a nine month lull, new accounts of spinning fish and dead sawfish are being documented in the Florida Keys.
On the very last day of Black History Month, an influential nonprofit that’s been serving Miami's low income youth wanted to show the kids in their program how important it is to give back, especially with their time and talent.
The city of Miami has made a consequential decision to withdraw an ordinance that would have allowed the city to stop offering recycling services for residents and businesses.
The clock is ticking for the Miami-Dade County Commission to make a final decision on how the county is going to manage the 5 million tons of waste Miami-Dade residents make each year.
Despite strong opposition from some residents and officials, Broward County commissioners have approved Waste Management’s plan to expand the Monarch Hill Landfill, adding about 10 stories in height and extending it by 24 acres.
With a controversial decision looming on whether Miami-Dade County will build the world's largest waste to energy incinerator, a potential move by the city of Miami to completely eliminate recycling could impact how the county manages waste moving forward.
A sticky, black substance that washed ashore Saturday prompted officials to close a stretch of Fort Lauderdale Beach as crews worked to determine its source.
Miami is set to make a splash with a new twist on Boston's beloved tradition. The Cupid Splash, a chilly event that has raised thousands to restore Boston Harbor, will now hit the beaches of Miami in an effort to raise funds for the recovery of Biscayne Bay.
A vote on proposed changes to Miami’s tree ordinance has been deferred until April, city commissioners decided Thursday after hours of public protests at City Hall in Coconut Grove.
Off the waters of Biscayne Bay, along the shoreline of a posh Miami Beach residential island, a brand new sea wall is being installed.
The marine conservation group 4ocean observed an impressive yet grim record-setting haul after seven years of cleaning up waterways and coastlines around the world.
From balloon releases now banned in the state of Florida, to boaters busted for behaving badly and a big marine mystery with divesting consequences yet to be solved, big environmental stories dominated headlines in 2024.
As we get ready to say goodbye to 2024 and make merry with family and friends, there are some gifts that don't fit under the tree or can't be stuffed in a stocking but will leave a lasting impression.
Scientists continue to loudly issue dire warnings that fossil fuel pollution is fueling climate disasters that will only get worse unless we take action.
Right now, coral reefs around the globe are in crisis as warming oceans fueled by climate change is leading to bleaching and disease, wiping out what few corals remain.
For the past week, a herd of elephants has taken over the sands of Mid Beach.
Right now the world is pumping out a staggering 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year, and much of it winds up as litter that pollutes our oceans and waterways.
The $1.3 billion project to improve, deepen and widen Port Everglades is still in limbo because of the millions of precious corals and other endangered marine species that will be impacted once the dredging begins.
A consequential vote is happening next week that will impact all of South Florida, and not just the general election.
Fort Lauderdale resident Suzee Bailey, known as the "Water Guru," leads a community effort to address persistent water quality issues affecting the city's waterways.
Scientists have warned that extreme weather events like the rapidly intensifying hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico are the direct result of climate change, which will only get worse unless we urgently reduce global heat-trapping gases that are warming our planet.
It is the largest grassroots global effort to combat pollution and remove trash from our planet’s ocean, shorelines and waterways.
This Saturday, the spotlight will shine bright on shorelines, beaches, and waterways all over the world as thousands of volunteers roll up their sleeves for International Coastal Cleanup Day.
This crisis in Haiti grows more dire by the day. Gang violence and political uncertainty have engulfed the island nation, and Haiti has also become overwhelmed with garbage.
Concerned Floridians are breathing a sigh of relief after a proposal that would have brought changes to nine of Florida’s state parks was postponed.
Every morning when Local 10 anchor and environmental advocate Louis Aguirre walks his dog, he picks up all kinds of plastic trash.
Just hundreds of feet from the beats and bustle of Ocean Drive is a veritable natural treasure that not many people, including scientists, know is there.
A new crop of laws regarding heat regulation will take effect in the state of Florida on Monday. Among them is a highly contested preemption law that will prevent local governments from enacting heat regulations and protections.
A World Oceans Day celebration on Miami Beach off Collins Avenue and 43rd Street brought out residents from all over South Florida to show their love and reverence for our “Planet Ocean.”
Legendary marine conservationist Dr. Sylvia Earle announced this week that her Mission Blue organization has designated Biscayne Bay, the Florida Keys, and the Ten Thousands Islands as “Hope Spots."
