Environment – Page 10 – Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

Planning Meltdown Results in $2.5 Billion Nuclear Mistake

November 16, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: One of the most expensive nuclear accidents in United States history happened right here in Florida a little over two years ago. And chances are, you probably never even heard about it.

Florida Home to Seven Air Polluters on EPA Watch List

November 7, 2011

The EPA’s Facility Watch List names the sites in Florida that federal environmental regulators have classified as "high-priority violators" of the Clean Air Act.

Los siete infractores de la Florida

November 7, 2011

Trevor Aaronson and Mc Nelly Torres: En la Lista de Instalaciones en Observación de la EPA hay siete en la Florida que las autoridades ambientales federales han clasificado como “infractores de alta prioridad” de la Ley de Aire Limpio.

For Florida, Water Quality an Increasing Challenge

September 7, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: With Florida's water quality at risk, lawmakers have cut 40 percent from the budgets of the state's five regional water districts.

After Summer of Storms, Talk of a National Catastrophe Fund

September 6, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: Does the political will exist to create a national catastrophe fund?

In Florida Keys, Human Pathogen Killing Coral

August 19, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: A coral whodunit has been solved. It turns out that human pathogens found in wastewater are killing the elkhorn coral.