MIAMI-DADE – The Board of County Commissioners on June 4 unanimously supported the use of floating solar power plants on artificial lakes, further positioning Miami-Dade County as a solar leader in the Sunshine State.

Join us on Sunday, June 2 for the first Adopt-a-Tree event of 2019!

MIAMI —Despite a recent report released by a California-based organization calling into question utilities’ water quality standards, the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) meets all local, state and federal drinking water standards. WASD tests its drinking water more than 150,000 times a year and there is no need for residents to further treat the water that the department delivers to its more than 2.3 million customers daily.

MIAMI-DADE – The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners on May 7 unanimously passed legislation to help streamline the permits for installation of solar energy systems for residences and businesses, positioning Miami-Dade as a solar leader in the Sunshine State.

Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD) joined hands with the Positive Environmental Group (PEG) in a river cleanup. The two groups canoed at Bullet Tree Falls gathering trash on the banks of the river. It was the PEG that invited FCD for the river clean-up, and the latter thanked the former for the invitation. The group continued to clean-up the Mopan River, and, as part of a project that began in November last year, the highway. On April 13 they were at it again installing more garbage drums along the Mopan River. According to the group's Facebook page "The FCD Environmental Youth Club was established by FCD which is an NGO" and was founded on April, 15, 2011.

MIAMI — Researchers have developed a new method to identify illegally trafficked European eels, and it has already led to the arrest and prosecution of smugglers in Hong Kong.

MIAMI—A study from scientists at the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation and the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science offers a new way to accurately map coral reefs using a combination of Earth-orbiting satellites and field observations. This first-ever global coral reef atlas contains maps of over 65,000 square kilometers (25,097 square miles) of coral reefs and surrounding habitats.

MIAMI-DADE – Miami-Dade County’s Baynanza cleanup got a boost from Miami-Dade County Commission Chairwoman Audrey M. Edmonson on April 13.

MIAMI — In celebration of Earth Day, the Deering Estate will host its Conservation and Wildlife Expo on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities and programs for the entire family include conservation speakers, partner booths with hands-on activities and walking tours of the Estate's unique natural areas. Reduced admission is $10 for adults and $7 for ages 4-14.

MIAMI — A single fungal disease has wiped out at least 90 species of amphibians and had devastating effects on hundreds more, making it the most costly disease to biodiversity on the planet.

The fruit of a ten year study in Belize, malacologists Dan and Judy Dourson, along with Ron Caldwell, have discovered 17 species of land snails in Belize. These newly-identified species were named in honor of Belizeans who have contributed significantly to conservation in Belize, or, who have deep ties to the country.

Despite Florida’s vulnerability to climate change, a policy of inaction at the state level has left residents to their own devices. WMFE 90.7 environmental reporter Amy Green, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting Executive Director Trevor Aaronson, journalist Tristram Korten and FIU research professor Dr. Randall Parkinson sat on a panel in the WMFE studio to discuss the consequences of climate change here in the Sunshine State.