http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Environment 60 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:00:55 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/722989.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/722989.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:39 EDT For the past five years, office supply giant Office Depot has trumpeted green initiatives to environmentally conscious consumers in the United States. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/conservation/story/517267.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/conservation/story/517267.html Sun, 04 May 2008 03:01 EDT The South Florida Water Management District is considering making the twice-weekly limits placed on sprinkling your St. Augustine permanent. Workshops discussing the idea wind up at the end of the month. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/conservation/story/301693.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/conservation/story/301693.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:17 EDT Tangelia Sands watched Ario Lundy build affordable houses in her Liberty City neighborhood for several years, admiring them from afar. Next month, she and her four children finally will move into one of those homes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/715262.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/715262.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:46 EDT A: It's the traffic, stupid! Q: What's the reason so few people in Miami bicycle even though it's warm all year and the terrain perfectly flat? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/632059.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/632059.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Succulent plants are hard to love. They tend to be parsimonious about offering shade and seem rather pointedly inhospitable so that pleasure-seekers are disinclined to settle among the yuccas for a leisurely afternoon glass of wine. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/568875.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/568875.html Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:01 EDT With South Florida already setting summer heat records, power bills may set even higher records this summer. But Ken Fields, who lives in a three-bedroom, three-bath house on Miami Beach, has just installed a roof-top photovoltaic system and is dramatically reducing his energy consumption in a first step to going off the grid. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/568885.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/568885.html Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:01 EDT Two South Florida women have created a virtual Little Green House -- an online business selling eco-friendly products for activities ranging from walking the dog to remodeling the kitchen. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/560610.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/560610.html Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:01 EDT As the temperature rises, so too does the cost of cooling your home. Last week Florida Power & Light revealed plans to seek a 16 percent hike in electric rates in August. That makes it even more important to conserve energy. The following suggestions, put together by the U.S. Department of Energy and Alliance to Save Energy, can both help residents stay cool and save on electric bills. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/489489.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/489489.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:39 EDT A federal appeals court has upheld a 2½-year injunction blocking new construction in the Florida Keys from receiving federal flood insurance in places where rare creatures such as the Key deer roam. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/544713.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/544713.html Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:01 EDT A switch was pulled and the shelves of equipment murmured softly and turned on the lights. A house in Miami's Bay Heights quietly went off the grid and onto hydrogen power. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/253517.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/253517.html Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:01 EDT South-facing small windows and Bahama shutters, light paint and a white roof offer clues to the character of this house within a hammock: It is a ''green'' home that proudly wears a photovoltaic system and thermal water heater on its roof and envelopes a 7,500-gallon cistern within its walls. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/720183.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/720183.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The federal environmental agency has named FPL Group as one of seven companies in the nation to be praised for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/717379.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/717379.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Earlier this year, Vicki Eckels put a state-of-the-art solar power system on her house in Fort Lauderdale for $43,000. ''I feel good because I'm a clean energy producer.'' The federal government will reward her by knocking off $2,000 from her 2008 taxes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/711348.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/711348.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT In a proposal that might decide the future of green power in Florida for decades, the staff of the Public Service Commission recommended Thursday that electric utilities be required to provide 20 percent of their power from renewable sources by the year 2041. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/704952.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/704952.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT A week after back-to-back storms island-hopped through the Caribbean with varying degrees of severity, a tourism ad ran prominently in the main section of a major U.S. daily newspaper. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/484550.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/484550.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:16 EDT With little fanfare, hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing annually into Latin America, cleaning up city garbage dumps and country animal manure, financing hydroelectric dams and doing away with coal-burning power plants -- thanks to a foreign-aid program that goes by the name of Kyoto. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/492423.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/492423.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:44 EDT State regulators Tuesday approved Florida Power & Light's request to build two new nuclear reactors and opened the door for the utility to start charging customers for the multibillion-dollar investment as early as next year -- even though the reactors won't be finished for a decade. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/492433.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/492433.html Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:48 EST In a simmering feud among major players in the power industry, eight utility executives, including Lew Hay of FPL Group, have politely but firmly told their own national trade association to fix exaggerations in a study intended to warn Congress about the cost of fighting global warming. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/725082.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/725082.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT As far as menacing storm names, Nana just doesn't seem to have the bite of a killer hurricane. So perhaps it's fitting that Tropical Depression Nana -- the 14th named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season -- fizzled out of tropical storm status Monday, a day after it formed off the west coast of Africa. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/725527.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/725527.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:55 EDT Tropical Storm Omar intensified to near-hurricane strength Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea, putting Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on hurricane watch. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/723342.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/723342.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:27 EDT A month later, piles of Sheetrock, appliances, furniture and family mementos dot most streets in this island town. Electronic road signs in southeast Texas flash, "Watch for cows next 20 miles," a reminder that few fences remain to hem in livestock. Blue tarps cover 11,000 roofs for 100 miles from Houston to the Louisiana line. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/720292.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/720292.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The wooden one-room shack where Humberto Díaz lived in central Cuba is technically still standing, but the planks that made up its roof snapped into multiple pieces when Hurricane Ike sent a palm tree crashing through. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/716278.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/716278.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:29 EDT Tropical Storm Marco roared ashore on Mexico's Gulf coast with near-hurricane force winds Tuesday, prompting a shutdown of some oil platforms. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/682381.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/682381.html Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:25 EDT <br><br> <p style="color: #333; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; padding: 0; margin: 0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a name="aen" id="aen">LIVE BROADCASTS:<br>EMERGENCY INFORMATION FROM BROWARD COUNTY</a></p> <div style="width: 450px; border: 1px solid #999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/669737.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/669737.html Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT The contract should include: Contractor's name, address, telephone number and Certificate of Competency or State Contractor's license number. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/669740.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/669740.html Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT The University of Florida Hurricane House in Davie. This structure features working examples of various types of hurricane protection products. To set up a tour, phone 954-805-4556. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/669732.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/669732.html Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT From personal taste to homeowner rules, various factors go into the selection of household hurricane protection. Some, such as impact-resistant glass and roll-up shutters, are incorporated into the structure and require simple or no effort to activate before a storm. Others, like panels of aluminum, steel or fabric, need to be retrieved from storage and secured into place -- sometimes using a screwdriver or other simple tools. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/674174.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/674174.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:47 EDT <br><br> <p style="color: #333; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; padding: 0; margin: 0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a name="aen" id="aen">LIVE BROADCASTS:<br>EMERGENCY INFORMATION FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY</a></p> <div style="width: 450px; border: 1px solid #999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/652039.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/652039.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Tropical Storm Fay brushed over southeastern Florida and shook out twigs, leaves and palm fronds from our tree canopies, but left most of our gardens intact. Large bananas, tall gingers, heliconias and bamboo may have been toppled or snapped, but these tropical plants will come back. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/727118.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/727118.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:54 EDT European Union leaders agreed Wednesday to stick to ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2020, but divisions over how to share out the cuts were widened by fears over the impact of the financial crisis. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/725679.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/725679.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:44 EDT Even without coupons, it's possible to save money in the checkout line. Various stores offer small cash rebates or discounts for consumers who bring their own bags. Retailers provide nickel or dime rebates for each bag that you provide for groceries or other merchandise. Others stores reward bonus points - redeemable for store credits - for shoppers that present bags for the checkout line. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/724158.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/724158.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:37 EDT A tortoise, a hare, a mouse and a half-dozen mussels are some of the creatures that a conservation group hopes to save through a "Western Ark" project aimed at petitioning the government for federal protection. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/724161.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/724161.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:37 EDT Pick up a Mississippi gopher frog and it covers its eyes with its forefeet, like someone afraid to see what's coming next. And for at least a decade, it's had a good reason not to look. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/723056.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/723056.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:12 EDT The economic free fall gripping the nation may bring down one of the main environmental objectives: capping the greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/715955.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/resources/story/715955.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:55 EDT Crouched atop a small wooden boat, Kevin Chandler cruises through a Broward canal. He searches for prey in the dark, with a small light wrapped around his forehead. A Newport cigarette hangs from his mouth. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/725031.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/725031.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:26 EDT Payless ShoeSource is going green as it plans to sell a line of ecologically friendly shoes and handbags at low prices. The new brand, which has yet to be named, will be made from materials with less effect on the environment, like organic cotton and linen, hemp and recycled rubber outsoles, the company said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/conservation/story/652040.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/conservation/story/652040.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:24 EDT Want to go green and reduce your home's carbon footprint without spending a fortune? An eco-friendly model of a green home is coming to Miami Beach for the Labor Day weekend Miami Home Design and Remodeling show. The surprise: there are lots of low-cost and clever things you can do to recycle and reuse and even design from scratch. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/726419.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricanes/story/726419.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Tropical Storm Omar intensified to near-hurricane strength Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea, putting Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on hurricane watch.