MiamiHerald.com: Environment http://www.miamiherald.com/573/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Environment http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/573/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Environment 60 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:36:22 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Water use restrictions are eased -- not removed http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/500472.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/500472.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT Rules for water use were relaxed Friday, giving most South Floridians a second day to sprinkle lawns and gardens. The South Florida Water Management District decided last week to lift severe once-weekly restrictions after several weeks of rain replenished groundwater supplies and stabilized water levels in Lake Okeechobee. No answers to crisis in workforce housing http://www.miamiherald.com/982/story/528953.html http://www.miamiherald.com/982/story/528953.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT The hard numbers were sobering. It wasn't just the stats -- like 85 percent of our population can't afford the area's median-priced home -- that were tough to swallow in the 82-page Workforce Housing Needs Assessment put out by FIU's Metropolitan Center and released by the Greater Miami Chamber last week. Survey: U.S. consumers aren't going green http://www.miamiherald.com/984/story/525129.html http://www.miamiherald.com/984/story/525129.html Fri, 09 May 2008 09:42 EDT Americans rank last in a new National Geographic-sponsored survey released Wednesday that compares environmental consumption habits in 14 countries. FPL powers up for season with fake hurricane http://www.miamiherald.com/985/story/526438.html http://www.miamiherald.com/985/story/526438.html Fri, 09 May 2008 09:43 EDT They've trimmed trees, replaced poles and strengthened electrical systems at hospitals and fire stations. One of the last things Florida Power & Light workers needed to do to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season was go through a dry run of a storm. UM school a leader in fish-farming http://www.miamiherald.com/983/story/525250.html http://www.miamiherald.com/983/story/525250.html Thu, 08 May 2008 07:01 EDT Earth, we have a problem. Humans are consuming fish faster than the oceans can replenish them. Scientists, who warn that overfishing could destroy the world's fish stock in the next 40 years, are seeking more commercially viable ways to increase fish production. Author of 'Disappearing World' says choosing tours wisely can help endangered sites http://www.miamiherald.com/981/story/524974.html http://www.miamiherald.com/981/story/524974.html Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01 EDT It's too late to see the great Buddhas of Afghanistan. The prehistoric cave paintings in Lascaux, France, are fading away. Even the Galapagos Islands are changing. Arcosanti: A 'city' grows green in the Arizona desert http://www.miamiherald.com/981/story/515739.html http://www.miamiherald.com/981/story/515739.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT Arriving at Arcosanti, an experimental eco-city in central Arizona, I was acutely aware of my non-greenness. I had spent the morning expelling carbon on my flight to Phoenix. My rental car was messy with empty soda bottles, a few plastic bags and a banana peel that I didn't plan to mulch. A piece of paper with directions had accidentally escaped through the car window, floating off toward a patch of spiky cactus. With this kind of resumé, would Mother Earth's minions still let me inside...