Arthur Metzger is surrounded by family and friends on a parade through Mizner Park ahead of his 99th birthday. The march, which urged residents and politicians to make the planet better, was Feb. 29, before the coronavirus halted such gatherings. Pho
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Update: Town cancels Spring Fling event
By Rich Pollack
The environment will be in the spotlight during the town’s annual Spring Fling community event, which will also feature food, a fire department demonstration and live music.
Set for 11 a.m. to
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton will not join the parade of cities that are banning plastic straws.
Despite pleas for a ban from environmentalists and a group of city schoolchildren, Boca Raton City Council members decided March 25 to instead improve publi
ABOVE: The beachside (left) and west facades of the proposed duplex. The developer says the glass is a turtle-friendly design.
By Steve Plunkett
After hearing more than four hours of competing testimony about a proposed duplex on the beach, the cit
Kelly Martin, an environmentalist with Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management,
digs for a temperature-monitoring device buried more than two feet underground.
ERM intern Lory Gort downloads data from a monitor for later transfer into ER
Part I: Florida's environmental disaster hits the beaches
By Willie Howard
Environmental groups are ramping up the fight against plastic pollution in the ocean with campaigns featuring images of entangled birds, littered beaches and research showi
Photo taken before the runoff problems, shows a healthy bed of Johnson’s seagrass. Photo courtesy DERM
By Jane Smith
At the Snook Islands Natural Area — the one touted as an example of what can go right when various agencies and volunteers work togeth
