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FPL Wins Battle to Store Radioactive Waste Under Miami’s Drinking Water AquiferFPL Wins Battle to Store Radioactive Waste Under Miami’s Drinking Water Aquifer

FPL Wins Battle to Store Radioactive Waste Under Miami’s Drinking Water Aquifer

Update 1/17: Environmental activists have started a petition urging Florida lawmakers to prevent FPL from storing waste underground. South Florida…

6 years ago
Climate change endangers half the world’s groundwater supplyClimate change endangers half the world’s groundwater supply

Climate change endangers half the world’s groundwater supply

Climate change today will effect the water supply for hundreds—possibly thousands—of years. Humans exist on a short leash. A person…

6 years ago
$3 billion problem: Miami-Dade’s septic tanks are already failing due to sea rise$3 billion problem: Miami-Dade’s septic tanks are already failing due to sea rise

$3 billion problem: Miami-Dade’s septic tanks are already failing due to sea rise

Photo: A Miami-Dade neighborhood that relies on septic tanks experiences flooding during the 2016 King Tide. A new report commissioned…

6 years ago
Stanford study: changing scope of Native American groundwater rightsStanford study: changing scope of Native American groundwater rights

Stanford study: changing scope of Native American groundwater rights

Local water agencies have pumped so much water from aquifers to supply homes, farmland and resorts in the Coachella Valley…

6 years ago
Harvard Reportedly Buying Up California’s Vineyards—and Their Water RightsHarvard Reportedly Buying Up California’s Vineyards—and Their Water Rights

Harvard Reportedly Buying Up California’s Vineyards—and Their Water Rights

Harvard University’s endowment is reportedly buying up vineyards in California’s wine country, along with the water rights belonging to those…

6 years ago
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