Update: The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill
Read the Associated Press article Read the Department of the Interior memo on the ban
Are you interested in learning what the impact of the Gulf oil disaster will be on the Florida Keys’ habitats and wildlife? And how you can help? Please join us at a FREE scientific conference to learn more about the Gulf disaster’s impacts on the Keys and what you can do. Leading scientists and local […]
The following two fact sheets prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council on the Florida keys are now available in both english and spanish to better understand the “Do’s and Don’t” of dealing with oil and “What’s at Stake” regarding the ecological and economic treasures threatened by the Gulf oil spill disaster in the Florida […]
Reef Relief has long worked to improve state and national standards for water quality in the Florida Keys, particularly on the reef and in Florida Bay. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the deadlines for the proposed establishment of numeric nutrient criteria for Florida’s estuarine and coastal waters (statewide), inland waters in South Florida (including […]
Read The Associated Press, July 13, 2010 article
E & E News, July 12, 2010 Enviro group sues for Salazar leasing docs By Noelle Straub The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Interior Department for failing to provide information requested under the Freedom of Information Act related to the Interior secretary’s decisions on oil and gas leasing. On May 18, the group […]
“The new White House initiative will take a comprehensive approach to all the different uses of our public seas. Using our best observing tools and a national Ocean Council working with regional and local interests there will be a determination how we can best restore our ocean commons while maintaining its use for recreation, transportation, […]
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Cleaner Water Mitigates Climate Change Effects on Florida Keys Coral Reefs, Study Shows ScienceDaily (July 6, 2010) — Improving the quality of local water increases the resistance of coral reefs to global climate change, according to a study published in June in Marine Ecology Progress Series. Florida Institute of Technology coral reef ecologist Robert van […]