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There are a number of environmental issues in Florida.A large portion of Florida is a biologically diverse ecosystem, with large wetlands in the Everglades.Management of environmental issues related to the everglades and the larger coastal waters and wetlands have been important to the history of Florida and the development of multiple parts of the economy of Florida, including the influential ...
The station signed on the air as WIFL on November 21, 1997. On May 6, 1999, the station changed its call sign to the current WKEZ-FM. [4] The EZ in the call letters referred to the station's easy listening format and the K stood for Keys. On June 8, WKEZ-FM changed its format from easy listening to oldies, branded as "True Oldies".
This is a list of Superfund sites in Florida designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
A 5,000 mile-long blob of slimy, smelly seaweed is headed for Florida’s beaches on the Gulf of Mexico, and it’s partly because of human activity, including water pollution and climate change.
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Florida’s BMAP system is failing to prevent high pollution levels in Lake Okeechobee. That contamination then flows into the St. Lucie River.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel, Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, along with WLRN Public Media, have formed a collaboration to cover climate change issues. The collaboration provides news and feature coverage, and a website created by its editorial boards titled: The Invading Sea, Florida and the Climate Crisis. [87] [88]
Florida's Atlantic coast is home to the only extensive coral reefs in the continental United States, [66] and the third largest in the world. [67] The entire reef system in the Florida Keys is encompassed by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, [68] and significant portions of reef are protected as part of Biscayne National Park. [67]