Lapointe, B.E.; Herren, L.W., and Bedford, B.J., 2012. Effects of hurricanes, land use, and water management on nutrient and microbial pollution: St. Lucie Estuary, southeast Florida. Journal of Coastal Research, 28(6), 1345–1361. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. ABSTRACT: Multiple hurricanes impacted southeast Florida during 2004 and 2005, producing record rainfall and large-scale stormwater runoff into […]
Bruce Ritchie, 01/02/2013 – 04:13 PM. http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/ A Florida Department of Economic Opportunity report on the state's business climate is calling for a statewide strategy to ensure adequate future water supplies and for a statewide energy strategy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The Legislature in 2011 passed bills reducing state oversight of local government […]
2012-12-26 From APDF staff reports. http://apdforum.com/ Environmentalist warn that heavy commercial fishing, poorly planned land use and forms of destructive resource raids including mass fish poisoning, oil exploration and coral reef extraction are depleting sea life in the South China Sea and surrounding waters. [Nguyen Van Long/United Nations Environment Program] Triggered by a decade of […]
PUBLISHED: 04 Jan 2013 07:56:26 | UPDATED: 04 Jan 2013 08:32:40.http://www.afr.com author: Patrick Caruana The Queensland government's own figures show the building of new coal ports in and near the Great Barrier Reef is not necessary, environmentalists say. WWF Australia said the state government's Great Barrier Reef Ports Strategy Economic Analysis showed coal ports in […]
From: Editor, Center for Biological Diversity Published December 14, 2012 08:52 AM Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Export-Import Bank's nearly $3 billion in financing for a massive Australian fossil fuel facility in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Construction and operation of the liquefied natural gas facility will threaten sea […]
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In the first comprehensive review of its kind, the Stockholm Environment Institute, based at Tufts University, has released a white paper that finds that algae and red tide outbreaks caused by water pollution cost Floridians between $1.3 and $10.5 billion each year. Read the white paper, “Valuing Florida’s Clean Water,” here: http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/ValuingFloridasCleanWaters.pdf
By Noam N. Levey, Washington BureauNovember 26, 2012, 7:24 p.m. WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency updated water quality guidelines for the nation’s beaches Monday, moving in response to charges that the federal government has not done enough to protect bathers from polluted water. The new guidelines, which update standards issued in 1986, may not […]
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles TimesNovember 27, 2012, 5:00 a.m. HANALEI, Hawaii — When compiling a list of places that may be described as paradise, Hanalei Bay on the rugged north shore of the island of Kauai surely qualifies. The perfect crescent bay, rimmed by palm trees, emerald cliffs and stretches of white sand, has […]
Bruce Ritchie, 11/15/2012 – 05:29 PM. http://www.thefloridacurrent.com A Florida Department of Environmental Protection divisional reorganization that includes eliminating a bureau dealing with beach issues is coming under fire. Florida’s has 825 miles of sandy coastline, contributing $15 billion a year to the state’s economy from beach tourism, according to DEP. The Division of Water Resource […]