WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
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Google Maps/One commissioner said the well is a better option than having millions more gallons of wastewater dumped into Tampa Bay. -
Aldicarb can cause weakness, blurred vision, headache, nausea, tearing, sweating, and tremors, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. And high doses can cause death by paralyzing the respiratory system.
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The Florida Legislature has a little more than a week to decide on several initiatives, including teacher pay raises and how to spend federal money received from the American Rescue Plan. -
The repeal bill would still pave the way for other roadway projects such as connecting I-10 in Madison County to U.S. 19 and the Suncoast Parkway. It would also extend the Florida turnpike as determined by the Florida Department of Transportation.
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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection says varying levels of cyanotoxins have been identified, increasing chances that the discharge at Piney Point will trigger a blue-green algae bloom.
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Many of Florida’s springs are at risk, largely from a combination of reduced water flow and increased pollution.
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The state is allocating more than $148 million to local governments for developing large-scale infrastructure projects to make communities more resilient to future disasters.
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The red tide bloom comes within weeks of a major discharge of nutrient-rich water from the Piney Point phosphate plant into Tampa Bay.
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A Tampa-based photographer and a Florida panther biologist featured in April's National Geographic magazine say the state's population of the big cat is growing but serious risks remain.
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Democratic state Rep. Omari Hardy, who represents north Palm Beach County along the coast, says the particle emissions added in the proposed expansion of the "Right to Farm Act" will negatively impact marginalized communities.
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A review of Gov. Ron DeSantis' tenure so far reveals a mixed record on Florida’s biggest environmental threat, climate change.
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A computer model that's been used to track red tide and Tampa Bay's response to Hurricane Irma is now being adapted to follow the dispersal of contaminated runoff from the old phosphate plant.
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Here are some of the biggest threats posed by the climate crisis to south Florida today, along with solutions under consideration.
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It would provide a tax break to property owners who elevate homes to address potential flooding and could go on the ballot in 2022 as a constitutional amendment.
