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Anastasia Pavlinskaya Brenman is a 3-time Emmy Award winning producer and writer for Local 10’s environmental news segment “Don’t Trash Our Treasure”. She is a graduate of the University of Central Florida and has called the Sunshine State home for most of her life. Anastasia has been with the Local 10 family since she was an intern with the Creative Services Department back in 2017.
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For the past week, a herd of elephants has taken over the sands of Mid Beach.
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It’s a somber anniversary in the Florida Keys.
‘The way forward’: Ordinance passing would push toward plastic reduction in Miami-Dade
Right now the world is pumping out a staggering 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year, and much of it winds up as litter that pollutes our oceans and waterways.
“Hay tanto en juego”: corales de Port Everglades son estudiados antes del proyecto de ampliación
“Algunos de los últimos corales cuerno de ciervo que quedan ahora en Florida están aquí alrededor de Port Everglades”, dijo Ross Cunning, un biólogo investigador del Acuario Shedd de Chicago.
‘There’s so much at stake’: Port Everglades corals surveyed ahead of widening project
The $1.3 billion project to improve, deepen and widen Port Everglades is still in limbo because of the millions of precious corals and other endangered marine species that will be impacted once the dredging begins.
‘It affects everyone’: Water quality woes ignite Fort Lauderdale residents to unite for resilience
Fort Lauderdale resident Suzee Bailey, known as the "Water Guru," leads a community effort to address persistent water quality issues affecting the city's waterways.
Ahead of election, conservative activist says nature is nonpartisan
Scientists have warned that extreme weather events like the rapidly intensifying hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico are the direct result of climate change, which will only get worse unless we urgently reduce global heat-trapping gases that are warming our planet.
South Florida group among those calling for climate action in wake of Hurricane Helene
The death toll from Hurricane Helene continues to rise.
‘It starts with us’: Thousands of volunteers clean up Miami-Dade’s coastlines
It is the largest grassroots global effort to combat pollution and remove trash from our planet’s ocean, shorelines and waterways.
Join thousands of Miami-Dade residents this weekend to clean up our coasts
This Saturday, the spotlight will shine bright on shorelines, beaches, and waterways all over the world as thousands of volunteers roll up their sleeves for International Coastal Cleanup Day.
Invasive seagrass taking over Caribbean now spreading to Biscayne Bay
Beneath the murky surface of the waters at Crandon Marina, a foreign invader has taken root
Organization empowers women to tackle Haiti’s trash trouble with style
This crisis in Haiti grows more dire by the day. Gang violence and political uncertainty have engulfed the island nation, and Haiti has also become overwhelmed with garbage.
‘Totally unsuitable’: Conservationists say proposed state park disc golf site was never a good fit
Concerned Floridians are breathing a sigh of relief after a proposal that would have brought changes to nine of Florida’s state parks was postponed.
Scientists separate fear from facts by exposing students to sharks
Hollywood has really done a number on sharks.
Veteranos heridos en combate asumen nueva misión: Rescatar los corales de Florida
Los arrecifes de coral de Florida recibieron la ayuda de miembros de Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge quienes se unieron a científicos del Mote Marine Laboratory en una nueva misión.