/tags/pollution pollution en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:39:00 GMT /environment/2026-01-23/burning-trees-to-help-the-planet-south-florida-tries-new-climate-tech-solution In lush South Florida, trees and bushes grow all year round. And that means yard waste and dead trees never stop piling up. But leaving them in a landfill is a climate-warming issue. Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:39:00 GMT /environment/2026-01-23/burning-trees-to-help-the-planet-south-florida-tries-new-climate-tech-solution Ashley Miznazi and Michelle Marchante | Miami Herald /environment/2026-01-16/environmental-bills-florida-2026-legislative-session Here’s how Florida lawmakers want to change the state’s environmental laws this year. Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:30:00 GMT /environment/2026-01-16/environmental-bills-florida-2026-legislative-session Max Chesnes, Emily L. Mahoney, Michaela Mulligan, Jack Prator | Tampa Bay Times staff /environment/2025-09-17/derm-permits-miami-dade-budget A proposal included in the county's $12.9 billion budget would strip the Division of Environmental Resources Management of its permitting authority even as it re-establishes DERM as an independent department. Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:25:42 GMT /environment/2025-09-17/derm-permits-miami-dade-budget Jenny Staletovich /environment/2025-08-29/floridas-once-pristine-springs-threatened-by-pollution-development-and-climate-change Florida boasts at least 1,000 freshwater springs, more than any other U.S. state. They are all under threats from agricultural pollution, stress from rapid development and from climate change that is altering rainfall patterns and causing sea level rise. Some places, such as the town of Zephyrhills in west-central Florida, have imposed moratoriums on specific kinds of new construction just to slow things down. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:31:00 GMT /environment/2025-08-29/floridas-once-pristine-springs-threatened-by-pollution-development-and-climate-change Curt Anderson, Marta Lavandier and Daniel Kozin | Associated Press /environment/2025-07-31/how-proposed-federal-rollbacks-of-climate-pollution-standards-could-impact-floridians With record-breaking heat and stronger hurricanes, Florida is considered ground zero by some for global warming consequences. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:19:07 GMT /environment/2025-07-31/how-proposed-federal-rollbacks-of-climate-pollution-standards-could-impact-floridians Jessica Meszaros /environment/2024-07-10/florida-has-settled-a-lawsuit-over-disastrous-phosphate-plant-leak-into-tampa-bay Environmental groups and the state have reached a settlement to end a federal lawsuit over management of the Piney Point site that leaked millions of gallons of wastewater into Tampa Bay in 2021. Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:35:34 GMT /environment/2024-07-10/florida-has-settled-a-lawsuit-over-disastrous-phosphate-plant-leak-into-tampa-bay Jim Turner | News Service of Florida /environment/2024-03-28/floating-flower-gardens-miami-canals FIU researchers are experimenting with "floating wetlands" to improve the water quality of Miami's canals. Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:07:33 GMT /environment/2024-03-28/floating-flower-gardens-miami-canals Ashley Miznazi | Miami Herald /environment/2024-02-13/everglades-willougby-expedition-pfas-water-quality University of Florida scientist Tracie Baker, canoed the same extremely remote 130-mile path that explorer Hugh Willoughby traveled 125 years ago — with the goal of comparing water in 2022 with 1897 and assessing the intrusion of modern chemicals into some of the most remote wilderness in America. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:14:44 GMT /environment/2024-02-13/everglades-willougby-expedition-pfas-water-quality Bill Kearney | Sun Sentinel /environment/2023-12-08/environmental-groups-shock-as-state-snubs-320m-in-federal-funding-to-reduce-pollution The Florida Department of Transportation turned down $320 million dollars in federal funding to reduce carbon emissions, saying they refused to support “the politicization of Florida’s roadways.â€� Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:44:31 GMT /environment/2023-12-08/environmental-groups-shock-as-state-snubs-320m-in-federal-funding-to-reduce-pollution Chris Young | WMNF /environment/2023-12-04/florida-pollution-gas-powered-lawn-equipment Palm Beach County ranked 4th in the nation for fine particulate pollutants, Broward and Miami-Dade counties were in the top 15, and Hillsborough was 25th. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:57:31 GMT /environment/2023-12-04/florida-pollution-gas-powered-lawn-equipment Jessica Meszaros