Environmental issues

In his “State of the State” address yesterday, Ron DeSantis pledged his commitment to Everglades restoration, while also funding projects to curtail blue algae and red tide.

The legislation to clean up our oceans has unanimous bipartisan support.

President Trump committed the money in late 2019.

The European Boating Industry will represent the E.U.’s recreational marine industry in the United Nation’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Goals.

Boaters to protest Fort Lauderdale’s response to millions of gallons of raw sewage in local waters.

About $300,000 will be used from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.

Through late November, Florida had 120 manatee fatalities by boat.

In 2019, there were more than 70 algal blooms in the state.

The Sustainable Development Bond will be used to raise awareness of saltwater and freshwater resources.

NFWF approves nearly $670,000 to help stabilize mammal population in the Pacific Northwest.

Bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act would create a federal marine debris foundation.

Members of congress from seven states are asking for his “personal assistance.”

The projects in mid-Michigan include new boat ramps, fish habitat restoration, and improved fishing access.

The company is supporting the American Advertising Federation’s Plastic Brigade.

Recent DNA tests show that the invasive species threat to the Great Lakes has risen.

There were fish kills in Lee and Collier counties.

Home values could fall significantly, and banks could stop lending to flood-prone communities.

A condition of the grant is to create alternative livelihoods that involve Jamaican locals in the cleanup.

The move would undercut CARB’s ability to set its own limits.

Italian builder Ameryachts plans to replace traditional fiberglass with Filava, a woven-roving material comprised of volcanic basalt that can be recycled indefinitely.

Precautionary measure taken because of possible algae bloom.

Predatory fish like tuna could be impacted the most, new research suggests.

Marine companies are now confronting the enormous and growing problem of cleaning up the oceans.