The Senate voted down dueling health proposals. Here’s what’s at stake for Americans
When senators voted on rival health bills Thursday, they had two chances to address expiring COVID-era subsidies that will result in millions of Americans saddled with higher insurance costs in the new year.
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As Art Basel Miami Beach drew art lovers and enthusiasts from around the world, a South Florida project is using the global spotlight for strategic environmental engagement.
Now, more than ever, it’s so important that all of us not only recycle, but recycle correctly.
Florida is wrestling with two major pieces of legislation that could reshape how the state manages its shark populations, even as fishing captains and conservationists square off over what’s really happening in the water.
National Recycling Day was on Saturday, as the push to get people to recycle correctly grows urgently by the day. Recycling could be confusing, as many are doing it wrong, leading to high contamination rates and high costs for cities to absorb.
Saturday marks National Recycling Day, a reminder of the importance of cutting waste and recycling correctly — a message that hits especially close to home in South Florida, where cities and counties are struggling to manage a growing solid waste crisis.
For years, South Florida residents have battled an ongoing water problem — derelict boats, illegal sewage dumping, and worsening water quality from Miami Beach to Hollywood. Now, Fort Lauderdale is taking action.
Miami-Dade County produces more trash than nearly anywhere else in the nation. Each year, residents and businesses generate about 5 million tons of garbage — double the national average.
The first phase of what will be an underwater sculpture park took place, after 11 of 22 huge car sculptures were dropped into the ocean off the shores of South Beach.
Coral reefs around the world are facing widespread dieback.
Miami-Dade County is setting a path towards scaling composting countywide.
As the Trump administration moves to reverse green energy policies, instead promoting more fossil fuel production, a new theatrical production touring the nation is pushing back.
Right now, scientists estimate there could be as much 199 million tons of plastic in the ocean.
City and county leaders are taking action to address illegal dumping along a street in Hialeah that residents say has been overwhelmed with trash.
It’s a tale South Floridians know all too well as a community fights development to preserve and protect its natural space.
The latest data estimates that there are between 75 and 199 million metric tons of plastic in the ocean right now, with 11 million metric tons of new plastic entering every year.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has temporarily stopped issuing licenses for new catches of shark and ray species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Piles and piles of garbage have been littering a notorious street in Hialeah, but what’s finally being done to clean it up?
An illegal trailer park in the Redlands is possibly dumping human waste right into our groundwater.
Hialeah native Nelson Garcia is sick and tired of seeing his community trashed.
Broward students marked National Beach Day with a community-wide cleanup Saturday morning at Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Right now, Earth is hotter than it’s ever been in recorded history, with record breaking temperatures across the globe, including our ocean.
In August 2020, Biscayne Bay suffered a massive fish kill caused by oxygen-depleted waters, marking a tipping point from decades of unchecked pollution. Five years later, despite some signs of recovery, scientists say the bay remains on life support.
Battle lines were drawn in federal court Wednesday as the state of Florida is trying to move a lawsuit filed by environmental groups over the migrant detention camp in the Everglades out of the Southern District.
Environmentalists are crestfallen after last week’s decision by Miami-Dade County Commissioners to green light the construction of a new waste to energy trash incinerator to replace the one that burned down.
Another powerful group has petitioned to join a federal lawsuit to shut down the Everglades migrant detention camp known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” given that the state has given no end date, and no assurances that this will not become a permanent facility.
As the world’s shark population continues to rapidly decline, Hollywood is now looking to makeover the image of the ocean’s apex predator.
For most of us, July means fireworks, barbecues, beach days and vacation, but it’s also the month in which everyone around the world is called on to reduce our plastic footprint.
Just after sunset, hundreds stretched and laced up for the weekly Tuesday night Brickell Run Club 5K through the streets of Downtown Miami.
This week on Don’t Trash Our Treasure, Local 10 brings an update on Leave No Trace, a campaign launched by the city of Miami last year to try and get boaters, and all who visit the Biscayne Bay spoil islands, to pick up the trash they make and throw it away back on land.
A celebration of all things ocean brought crowds of people to the shore off Collins Avenue and 34th Street in Miami Beach.
Miami-Dade County generates more than 5,000,000 tons of waste every year.
Right now, our planet is in the grips of the most devastating mass coral bleaching event ever in recorded history, affecting a staggering 84% of the world’s coral reefs.
As nuclear power plants age, can they withstand the effects of climate change?
This week’s Don’t Trash Our Treasure report is on Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point nuclear plant in south Miami-Dade County after it was granted federal approval to continue operating for the next 27 years. But is it safe in this age of climate change?
This week’s Don’t Trash Our Treasure has a concerning update on Florida sea turtles. Though nesting numbers are up, adult turtles continue to face threats due to human pressure.
One of Local 10 News’ anchors was honored over the weekend for his career in the industry.
Right now, the world’s corals are in crisis, in the grips of the worst global bleaching event on record that has hit more than 80% of the planet’s reefs.
As we continue to celebrate Earth Month, Local 10 is highlighting an exciting new innovation that scientists are pilot testing right now.
Right now, the Florida Senate Rules Committee just advanced a bill that would ban any local laws that would regulate plastic.
The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts at national parks across the country now have many concerned about how this will impact programs that protect and maintain these natural spaces.
Beginning Friday Keith Urban, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll and Shaboozey are just some of the big names that will take the stage on Fort Lauderdale Beach for this weekend’s 12th annual Tortuga Music Festival.
Despite dying during last year’s legislative session, two bills in the Florida House and Senate are once again trying to further keep local governments from banning plastic.
After a nine month lull, new accounts of spinning fish and dead sawfish are being documented in the Florida Keys.
On the very last day of Black History Month, an influential nonprofit that’s been serving Miami's low income youth wanted to show the kids in their program how important it is to give back, especially with their time and talent.
The city of Miami has made a consequential decision to withdraw an ordinance that would have allowed the city to stop offering recycling services for residents and businesses.