Oceana Returns to Nautica South Beach Triathlon
© Nautica On April 1st Oceana kicked off spring in high gear at the 2012 Nautica South Beach Triathlon. We set out for the warm waters of Miami to fundraise for the oceans, engage hundreds of new...
View ArticleOcean Hero John Halas Retires
John Halas (foreground, left). Photo credit: Judy Halas/Courtesy of John Halas The Florida ocean conservation community said farewell to one of its greatest servants this week. John Halas, who was the...
View ArticleAnd the 2012 Ocean Heroes Are…
James Hemphill and Captain Don Voss, our 2012 Ocean Heroes You’ve been waiting with bated breath to find out who this year’s Ocean Heroes are, and the time has finally come to announce our winners! We...
View ArticleMutant Mosquitoes in the Keys?
British biotechnology company Oxitec has plans to release genetically engineered mosquitoes in Key West, Florida. These mutant insects are bred in the lab to transmit a gene during the reproductive...
View ArticleBrandon Darby: Anarchists Plan to Take Down Emergency Medical Services at RNC
Earth First! Journal Offering Reward of Lifetime Subscription to Whomever Tars and Feathers Brandon Darby at the 2012 RNC the following story is from Big Government, a right wing Tea Party blog....
View ArticleOceana Launches Lawsuit to Protect Sea Turtles
Loggerheads need protection ©Wikimedia Commons Oceana, along with the Center for Biological Diversity and the Turtle Island Restoration Network, announced last week that they intend to sue the federal...
View ArticleRoaches get revenge against animal trade
An autopsy has concluded that a Florida man choked to death after downing dozens of live cockroaches during a pet store contest earlier this year. The report released Monday says 32-year-old Edward...
View ArticleDo Something Right for Once: Indigenous Action In FL 1/28
On Monday, January 28, 2013, the American Indian Movement of Florida, Ancient Trees, United Urban Warrior Society of Florida, and others will encircle Castillo de San Marcos (fort and prison). Schedule...
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Red Tide Takes a Toll on Florida Manatees
Algae threatens this shapely sirenian. Photo: USGS Over the last two months, 180 manatees have been found dead along the coasts of Florida. The friendly and well-loved creatures of Florida’s waters...
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Success on South Beach!
Team Oceana poses victorious after setting dual performance records in raising funds for the oceans! Every spring, the Nautica South Beach Triathlon gives us reason to smile. There’s the energetic...
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Paddlers Charge Silver River, Protesting Expected Cattle Ranch
By Matt Keene / Earth First! Newswire Grassfed beef ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Take Adena Springs Ranch, a proposed cattle ranch being developed by billionaire Frank Stronach in Florida. The beef...
View ArticleSupport Renewable Energy – Opinion in Florida’s Sun Sentinel
(Photo: Oceana) Today I wrote an opinion piece for South Florida's Sun Sentinel about the need for renweable energy. I'd like to share mystory with you, and I hope you'll pass it along to your family...
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Four Years Later, BP Oil Spill Still Rearing its Oily Head in Florida
(Photo: NOAA) The Gulf coast of Florida is renowned for its soft white beaches, balmy weather and calm, clear waters. It’s also infamous for being a mecca of debris from oil-rig related tragedies,...
View ArticleFlorida Officials Ban The Term “Climate Change” In Official Communications
by Katie Valentine / Think Progress CREDIT: AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection is tasked with protecting the state’s “air, water and land.” But there’s one...
View ArticleIn Florida, Officials Ban Term ‘Climate Change’
by Tristram Korten / Florida Center for Investigative Reporting In 2013, Jim Harper, a nature writer in Miami, had a contract to write a series of educational fact sheets about how to protect the coral...
View ArticleEverglades Earth First! Hits Kolter Group with Home and Office Demonstrations
from Everglades Earth First! Members of Everglades Earth First! held two protests on Monday calling for the preservation of the Briger Forest and an end to the Alton Homes project that threatens it....
View ArticleActivists in Florida Blockade Driveway of Kolter Group CEO
from ScrapScripps.info In the early morning hours of Thursday, June 18th, anonymous individuals aided recently evicted Gopher Tortoises from the Briger Forest by blockading the driveway leading to the...
View ArticleWildlife Officials Approve Week-long Bear Hunt in Florida
by Zachary T. Sampson / Tampa Bay Times SARASOTA — Though wildlife commissioners had already signaled that bear hunting was returning to Florida, hundreds of people showed up Wednesday to get their...
View ArticleThe Black Bear Massacre of 2015: Tomorrow Begins the First Florida Black Bear...
by Libra Lionheart / libralionheart.com On Saturday, October 24, 2015, and less than three years after being delisted as a threatened species, the Florida black bear will once again be fighting for his...
View ArticleFlorida Bear Hunt: 207 Killed on First Day
by Dierdra Funcheon / Broward-Palm Beach New Times Robert Ruderman Yesterday, 207 bears were killed in the first day of Florida’s 2015 bear hunt. Two of four “bear management units” — regions where...
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