Saturday, February 22, 2014 Location: 2710 N Roosevelt Blvd, Key West, FL 33040 Description: This is a cleanup of the shoreline of the Winn-dixie shopping center lagoon area. This is a walking cleanup or you can bring your kayak if you have one. Dress to get dirty, closed toed shoes are suggested. Bring a […]
January 30, 2014 WASHINGTON –Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released phase II of the National Stormwater Calculator and Climate Assessment Tool package. The updated calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. The calculator, a part of President Obama’s Climate Change Action Plan, is a desktop application that estimates the annual amount of stormwater […]
Seaturtles.org petition Your help is needed now to reverse a decision by the U. S. government to increase the number of sea turtles that Hawaiian longline fishing can catch or kill in their pursuit of swordfish. Sea turtles in the Pacific are in danger of being driven to extinction from fisheries bycatch. The survival of […]
Posted January 7, 2014.David Doniger’s Blog. NRDC The Environmental Protection Agency is taking another step forward Wednesday to carry out President Obama’s ambitious Climate Action Plan announced last June. EPA’s proposed standards to limit dangerous carbon pollution from new power plants will be published here in the government’s official newspaper, the Federal Register, kicking off […]
January 22, 2014 Today concerned Floridians from more than 100 different organizations in 16 communities at risk from water pollution, toxic algae fueled by fertilizer, sewage and animal manure, and the unrestrained over-consumption of water resources gathered to make a stand for clean water in Florida. Events were held in Boynton Beach, Bradenton, Ft. Myers, […]
Title: 2nd Annual Everglades Action DayLocation: Tallahassee, FLLink out: Click hereDescription: The Everglades Coalition is planning the 2nd Annual Everglades Day, and we want you to be a part of it! Mark your calendars for April 7th and 8th for a trip up to Tallahassee to speak with your legislators about how to protect this […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 24, 2014 CONTACT: Christopher Boykin 305.795.1222 DEP'S CORAL REEF CONSERVATION PROGRAM KICKS OFF COMMUNITY WORKING GROUPS ~Working groups established to make coral reef management recommendations~ Representatives from the Department, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provided opening remarks. MIAMI– The […]
Abstract Benzophenone-2 (BP-2) is an additive to personal-care products and commercial solutions that protects against the damaging effects of ultraviolet light. BP-2 is an “emerging contaminant of concern” that is often released as a pollutant through municipal and boat/ship wastewater discharges and landfill leachates, as well as through residential septic fields and unmanaged cesspits. Although […]