Category: Environment
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America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison
By Peter Elkind and Jack Gillum
ProPublica
On Feb. 16, less than two weeks after a mysterious attacker made headlines around the world by hacking a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, and nearly generating a mass poisoning, the city’s mayor declared victory. -
Struggle to crack down on a cottage industry sabotaging vehicle pollution controls
By Eli Wolfe and Alexandra Tempus
Fairwarning
The struggle to crack down on a cottage industry sabotaging vehicle pollution controls. -
SFWMD colleagues award $9 million to Commissioner Ron Bergeron’s construction firm
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Commissioner Ron Bergeron had a rewarding experience at this month’s Zoom meeting of the governing board of the South Florida Water Management District. His colleagues voted unanimously to award his company another $9 million to complete construction of a storm water treatment project in Martin County. -
“Biodegradable,” a magic word for environmentally-minded consumers, isn’t always a green panacea
By Lynne Peeples
FairWarning.org
Environmentally-conscious shoppers tend to be drawn to labels that say “compostable,” meaning the product is biodegradable under the right conditions. But they might not be aware of a critical drawback:As biodegradable materials break down in a landfill, which is where they usually end up, they can release methane, a potent greenhouse gas with climate warming effects upwards of 30 times that of carbon dioxide. -
Miramar asks governor for temporary halt to blasting during COVID-19 pandemic
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Miramar City Commission has asked Gov. Ron DeSantis to order a temporary stop to rock mine blasting during the state of emergency called for the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Ten years after Deepwater Horizon roiled the Gulf, brakes are off BP’s oil-drilling plans
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Ten years ago, Deepwater Horizon became synonymous with one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. The oil rig explosion on April 20, 2010 killed 11 workers and injured 17; about 4.9 million barrels of crude oil decimated Gulf of Mexico marine life. The horrors were just the beginning.
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