By: David Royse News Service of Florida | Posted: September 1, 2011 3:55 2 A Tampa Democrat has filed a Senate version of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban oil drilling within about 10 miles of Florida’s coastline. The proposed amendment (SJR 90), filed Tuesday by Sen. Arthenia Joyner, matches a House version (HJR 23) […]
Coral Camp for Kids for this past summer was a huge success as we saw our classes filled to capacity every week beginning in June and ending on Friday, August 19th. We saw a 30% increase in the number of Coral Campers this year as opposed to last years numbers. Coral Camp for Kids was […]
Reef Relief Brings the SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Key West Reef Relief will host the Wild and Scenic Film Festival at the Tropic Cinema in Key West, Thursday October 13 at 7:30pm. This festival highlights nature, the challenges facing our planet, and the work communities are doing to protect the environment. The […]
Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 August 2011 22.00 BST Latest bid to count and catalogue the living world is billed as the most accurate yet, but only a tiny proportion is known to science Humans share the planet with as many as 8.7 million different forms of life, according to what is […]
Saturday, August 27th 10:00am-1:00pm T.R.A.S.H.E.D. in the Keys and Reef Relief are hosting a mangrove and shoreline clean-up this Saturday August 27 th, 2011 from 10am-1pm. Volunteers are needed to help remove marine debris that is harmful to marine life and contributes to poor nearshore water quality. Bring a kayak if you have […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to establish a manatee refuge in Citrus County, Fla., in the waters of Kings Bay. It has determined that certain waterborne activities — including boating at speeds in excess of 35 miles per hour — must be restricted in order to prevent the harassment, hurting or killing […]
ScienceDaily (Aug. 17, 2011) — A research team from Rollins College in Florida and the University of Georgia has identified human sewage as the source of the coral-killing pathogen that causes white pox disease of Caribbean elkhorn coral. Once the most common coral in the Caribbean, elkhorn coral was listed for protection under the United […]
Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) observed in emulsified oil on April 29, 2010 photo:NOAA On July 21, a bipartisan coalition of nine Gulf Coast senators, including Senators Bill Nelson and Mario Rubio, introduced the RESTORE the Gulf Coast Act of 2011 (S. 1400). This much-needed legislation would ensure that at least 80% of BP penalties […]
By Nick Bryant BBC News, Sydney The Great Barrier Reef is a World Heritage-listed natural wonder Continue reading the main story Agricultural pesticides are causing significant damage to the Great Barrier Reef, according to a new Australian government report on water quality at the site. The report says some farmers must be more careful with […]
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – Commercial fishermen in the Gulf are worried that their livelihood could be coming to a screeching halt. It’s been more than a year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and fishermen are still finding sick fish. Gulf fishermen are seeing increased numbers of fish with sores, fin rot and […]