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SCUBA divers call for a ban on shark finning in a 30-second public service announcement

Wed, 2013-10-16 11:07 — admin

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Resistance to Big Oil Heats Up in Florida

Tue, 2013-10-15 20:52 — admin

www.ecowatch.com - October 14, 2013 - Brian Foley - Sierra Club

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Florida Chapter's Panther Critical Habitat Campaign is partnering withe Preserve our Paradise to stop Big Oil from leaving its dirty footprints all over Golden Gate Estates in Naples, where a Texas-based oil company wants to drill an area just one mile from the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge and within 1,000 feet of residences.

Grassroots opposition is growing. Last month, more than 100 people protested at the Naples Pier, erecting a symbolic oil well in front of Gov. Scott's (R-FA) beachfront home. The controversy has prompted the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to agree to hold a public hearing later this year.

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With Murky Water And Manatee Deaths, Lagoon Languishes

Sat, 2013-10-12 09:36 — admin

www.npr.org - September 26, 2013 - Gary Allen

More than 120 manatees have died in Florida's Indian River Lagoon in the past year.

Something is wrong in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.

Over the past year, record numbers of dolphins, manatees and pelicans have turned up dead in the 150-mile-long estuary that runs along Florida's Atlantic Coast. Bouts of algal blooms have flourished in the waters. All the signs point to an ecosystem that is seriously out of balance. The crisis has mobilized scientists, residents and elected officials in Florida.

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The Oceans are Heating, Acidifying and Choking

Sat, 2013-10-05 10:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

newscientist.com - by Fred Pearce - October 4, 2013

CLICK HERE - State of the Ocean Report 2013

We know the oceans are warming. We know they are acidifying. And now, to cap it all, it turns out they are suffocating, too. A new health check on the state of the oceans warns that they will have lost as much as 7 per cent of their oxygen by the end of the century.

The cascade of chemical and biological changes now under way could see coral reefs irreversibly destroyed in 50 to 100 years, with marine ecosystems increasingly taken over by jellyfish and toxic algal blooms.

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9 Deaths Due to Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Tue, 2013-10-01 13:50 — admin

www.winknews.com (CBS affiiiate Ft. Myers) Published Sep 29, 2013,; updated Oct 1, 2013

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LEE COUNTY, Fla. - Bacteria-infested is water putting Florida beachgoers on alert. State health officials say at least nine people have died so far this year in Florida from what's called "Vibrio Vulnificus," which tends to live in warm seawater. ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the bacterium normally lives in warm seawater and is in the same family as Cholera. symptoms can include diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. ...

Florida health officials say nine people have died from the bacteria in Florida so far this year, including a 59-year-old man in Volusia County Monday. ...

"Big increase in vibrio infections. It is kind of a warm water thing, and we have some warm water, but we didn't have this last year or the year before. Not nearly as many," said Dr. Todd Husty with Seminole County EMS. ...

Officials are warning people to avoid eating raw fish and protecting open wounds in seawater.

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