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Volunteers with Koncious Contractors remove tree branches from a Little Havana home. After Hurricane Irma, many South Florida community groups deployed volunteers to low-income and disabled people with recovery.  NADEGE GREEN / WLRN

wlrn.org - by KATE STEIN & ALEXANDER GONZALEZ - April 23, 2018

Several South Florida nonprofits are launching five meetings to ensure equality in hurricane recovery efforts, continuing work that began after Hurricane Irma.

After the storm, some elderly people went days without ice or water. Some students who rely on free school lunches didn't have a way to eat. Volunteers and community groups stepped up to host barbecues, deliver supplies and help with tree removal.

Now the groups want to create preparedness plans that specifically meet the needs of low-income neighborhoods. They also want to push for more accountability from elected officials.

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CLICK HERE - GreenPrint: Our Design for a Sustainable Future (200 page .PDF report)

CLICK HERE - Miami-Dade Climate Change Action Plan (20 page .PDF report)

miamidade.gov

Miami-Dade County is pleased to share with you GreenPrint: Our Design for a Sustainable Future. The plans development was a fully collaborative process among the many diverse stakeholders of our community: County staff, community groups, experts from the business community and academia, and a wide range of individual Miami-Dade residents. During the course of the year, nearly 100 public meetings were held, and approximately 360 new and existing initiatives were evaluated.

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South Broward
Monday, April 23, 2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
NewFM
C.W. Thomas Park
800 NW 2nd St.
Dania Beach, FL 33004 

North Miami-Dade
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sant La and New FM
Sant La Neighborhood Center
13390 W Dixie Hwy.
North Miami, FL 33161 

Central Broward
Monday, April 30, 2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
NewFM, My Brother"s Keeper
Willie L. Webb, Senior Park
3601 NW 21st St.
Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33311

Central Miami-Dade
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
NewFM, MCA, FANM
Circle of Brotherhood School
5120 NW 24th Ave.
Miami, FL 33147

Central Miami-Dade
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
FANM
100 NE 84th St.
Miami, FL  33138 

South Miami-Dade
Thursday, May 3, 2018
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
WeCount, Catalyst Miami, NewFM
WeCount
201 N. Krome Ave. #230
Homestead, FL 33030

miamiwaterkeeper.org

In the first week of March 2016, the Division of Environmental Resource Management (DERM) of Miami-Dade County released a report showing that water from the cooling canals at FPL’s nuclear power plant, located at Turkey Point, is contaminating Biscayne Bay. The canals are also contaminating the Biscayne Aquifer, which is an underground water storage area that is the sole source of drinking water for millions of South Florida residents. Hypersaline (super salty) water laden with tritium (a radioactive isotope), phosphorous, and ammonia is passing through our porous limestone geology and into our water both above and below ground.

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ALSO SEE RELATED INFORMATION WITHIN THE LINK BELOW . . .

http://southflorida.resiliencesystem.org/fpl-nuclear-plant-canals-leaking-biscayne-bay-study-confirms