June 11, 2020 TCPalm.com “Mangrove trees are super trees,” said Caity Savoia, lead scientist at the Marine Resources Council in Palm Bay. Mangrove trees can survive in both fresh and salt […]
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Interior to push drilling in Florida waters after November election
Photo credit Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Politico.com, 6/10/2020. According to reporter, Ben Lefebvre, “Interior has spent years working on a proposed drilling plan that would expand oil companies‘ access to waters […]
UF Researchers To Study How Algae Blooms Hurt Florida’s Economy
(WJCT, Brendan Rivers) May 12, 2020 “A team led by University of Florida researchers is receiving nearly $280,000 to study the social and economic costs of harmful algal blooms.” The […]
Heat-Related Illness Rising with Temperatures
(WUFT News, reporter D. Ivanov, May 4, 2020) “The past five years have been the hottest ever recorded, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, and 2020 is “almost […]
Halt wetlands permitting changes until public can comment in person
(Tampa Bay Times, opinion piece Bob Graham) “Florida should focus on the pandemic and not force through rash changes in environmental policies”, writes Bob Graham. “In this time of crisis […]
Floridians Worried About Water Quality – Willing to Pay to Fix it
81% of Floridians want their government to do more to protect water quality, according to a new statewide poll commissioned by Brevard IRL Coalition and Clean Water Coalition of Indian […]
Derelict Vessels in the IRL
Brevard Delivers is a quarterly publication for providing transparency on projects throughout Brevard County. It is published by the Brevard County Government www.brevardfl.gov . This article discusses how the Brevard […]
2020 proposed update to the Save Our Indian River Lagoon Project Plan is available for review
The 2020 proposed update to the Save Our Indian River Lagoon Project Plan is available for review on the website https://www.brevardfl.gov/SaveOurLagoon/Home. The plan will be voted on by the Brevard […]
Lawmakers take heed of algae task force proposals
This article in the Naples Daily News is a good summary of the current bills addressing water pollution. Lawmakers are pushing several bills this session that have regulatory implications as […]
Restoration Progresses in the Indian River Lagoon
January 2020 marks the third year of the massive undertaking to save the Indian River Lagoon. The half cent sales tax has already collected more than $125 million, of which […]