The federal government will attempt to set Florida's water pollution standards - the first venture for any state - under an agreement approved Monday. ...more

November 17, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency is failing to stem the pollution washing into waterways from cities and suburbs, the National Academy of Sciences reported Wednesday. ...more

October 16, 2008

The Longleaf community recently received two "green" development awards and a new conservation-based certification. These honors came on the heels of the Florida Green Building Coalition's designation of Longleaf as the county's first overall "green community" earlier this summer. ...more

September 17, 2008

For years, Florida's marine scientists have scoured the gulf and ocean waters in an aging vessel that once served pot smugglers running drugs from Colombia to Florida. ...more

September 15, 2008

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has turned a "blind eye" to Florida's Everglades cleanup efforts, while the state is violating its own commitment to restore the vast ecosystem, a federal judge ruled last week. ...more

August 3, 2008

Beaches in Florida's Hillsborough, Pinellas and Sarasota counties last year were found to have risky pollution levels for swimmers less often than the rest of the nation, says an environmental watchdog group. ...more

July 30, 2008

Beaches in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Sarasota counties last year were found to have risky pollution levels for swimmers less often than the rest of the nation, says an environmental watchdog group. ...more

July 30, 2008

To showcase its long-standing indifference toward the environment, the Bush administration last week announced it will not interfere with Florida's practice of pumping polluted farm water and suburban runoff into the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee. ...more

June 19, 2008

For the first time in decades, there will be no districtwide science fair next year for local elementary school students. ...more

June 11, 2008

It's difficult to think of a more environmentally destructive practice than mountaintop mining - exploding the peaks of Appalachian Mountains to get to the coal beneath. ...more

February 18, 2008