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Environment News tagged with Florida

The Beauty Of The Everglades -
Environment  (tags: Everglades, beauty, wildlife, habitat, ecosystems, wetlands, Florida )

Raffi
- 70 days ago - sun-sentinel.com
A lovely pictorial journey of the Everglades.
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Claudette Becomes Third Tropical Storm, Bound for Panhandle
Environment  (tags: Tropical Storm, climate, warning, florida )

Lone
- 103 days ago - miamiherald.com
Two days, three tropical storms: so much for the tranquil 2 ½-month start to hurricane season 2009.
12 comments
Send Sen. Nelson Your Support for Filibustering Offshore Drilling Near Florida ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, offshore drilling, Florida, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife, humans )

Cher
- 150 days ago - change.org
Right now Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida is standing up to Big Oil and Congress. He said he'll filibuster any energy bill that includes new drilling off Florida's coasts. He's taking the right stand - now send him an email and let him know you're standing
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Protect Florida's Coast From Offshore Drilling ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, offshore drilling, Florida, destruction, pollution, protection, humans, habitat, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 163 days ago - change.org
While Big Oil sits on more than 8,000 leases to drill in our oceans, covering over 43 million acres, and reportedly holds its tankers offshore in wait for a higher oil price, its lobbyists in Washington still don't seem satisfied. Apparently they want
7 comments
Old Warship to Be Sunk to Create New Reef Off Florida
Environment  (tags: environment, warship sunk, create reef, Florida, habitat, protection, wildlife, nature )

Cher
- 206 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The second-largest ex-military ship ever to be sunk in order to create an artificial reef is about to slip beneath the waves off Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) continues to work with its project partners on final
3 comments
Proposed Water Withdrawal's Threaten Manatee's.
Environment  (tags: environment, habitatdestruction, water, Manatee's, Florida, ecosystems, habitat )

Panda Eat
- 232 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Florida.Please send letter's to oppose this proposal,which is aimed at mtg local water consumption (there are sssooo many other ways to do this..don't they know that !?),but will damage the eco balance of waters that are the Manatee's environment.
19 comments
Everglades Project Is Bogged Down - EarthLink - U.S. News
Environment  (tags: environment, conservation, destruction, humans, protection, restoration, florida, everglades )

Thunderr
- 734 days ago - my.earthlink.net
The multibillion-dollar project to restore the Everglades has come to a near standstill,the government can no longer estimate how much it will cost or how long it will take.The Everglades once covered 4 million acres of swampland but has shrunk to 1/2 its
1 comment
Vanishing Wetlands
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, pollution, habitatdestruction, habitat, habitat destruction, wildlife, water, science, Sustainabililty, research, wetlands, Florida, US, USA, United States, America, conservation, corruption, eco-friendly, mitigation, credits )


- 849 days ago - sptimes.com
Florida has more wetlands than any other state but Alaska. They stop floods, clean up water pollution, and replenish drinking supplies. Yet despite government promises, they are disappearing.
1 comment
Fla. Officials Try to Shield Coral Reefs
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, coral, coral reefs, Florida, reefs, hatcheries, fishing, endangered, environment, oceans )

Dave
- 895 days ago - apnews.myway.com
Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or a Spanish galleon but rather nature's bounty: rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending. But . . .
1 comment
Few Clues on Dolphin Deaths in Florida Keys
Environment  (tags: Dolphins, Oceans, Bacteria, Florida )


- 1023 days ago - enn.com
SUMMERLAND KEY, Fla. -- Biologists are investigating whether sonar used in U.S. Navy submarine exercises or red tide bacteria contributed to the deaths of more than 30 rough-toothed dolphins in a mass stranding in the Florida Keys last week.
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