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  1. Shorebirds find refuge in Tampa port, seeking safety from climate threats
    • News
    A royal tern holds its chick at 3D Island in Hillsborough Bay.
  2. Tampa Bay airports working to comply with Florida’s weather modification ban
    • Environment
    A Delta Air Lines passenger jet taxis away from a gate at Tampa International Airport in 2024. All public-use airports in Florida will be required to file monthly reports concerning weather modification, per a new state law.
  3. Investors snapped up Tampa Bay homes damaged by hurricanes Helene and Milton
    • Real Estate
    An aerial drone view looking west from Gulf Blvd towards the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, June 5, 2025 in St. Pete Beach. On left is 77th Ave, in center is 78th Ave, on right is 79th Ave, with Gulf Blvd pictured at bottom. Several storm damaged homes on this block have sold since last hurricane season.
  5. Peanut farm that sought 700 acres of Florida state forest withdraws plan
    • Environment
    Katherine Sayler, a biologist and Southeast representative with the nonprofit Defenders of Wildlife, hiked the Ellaville tract of the Twin Rivers State Forest on March 7, and documented this gopher tortoise burrow on the property. State wildlife officials led a gopher tortoise population count on this land in April 2017 and they found as many as 440 tortoises. This piece of land was part of a land swap proposal that would have been traded to a peanut farming operation.
  6. FPL consultant says a rolling blackout likely next year without rate hike
    • Business
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  7. Miccosukees seek to join environmental lawsuit against Alligator Alcatraz
    • Politics
  8. Plant City sees rare flash flooding. More rain is on the way for Tampa Bay.
    • Weather
    A boat travels through a rainstorm off Veterans Memorial Marina Park in July 2024. A low pressure system moving west across Florida this week is expected to bring up to 4 inches of rain in areas of Tampa Bay.
  9. Forecasters eye area near Florida. Rain expected in Tampa Bay.
    • Environment
    Erich Dreyer launches a canoe before paddling with his wife, Feroza Dreyer, in St. Joseph Sound off Palm Harbor in late June as a thunderstorm brews in the distance over the Gulf of Mexico. Heavy rain is expected this week in the Tampa Bay area.
  10. 3 things Floridians should know about solar, EV tax credit rollbacks
    • Environment
    Tax credits helping Americans buy electric vehicles, like Teslas, are expiring at the end of September.
  11. Does Alligator Alcatraz have ‘zero impact’ on Everglades? | Fact check
    • Politics
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  12. What can Tampa Bay emergency managers learn from central Texas floods?
    • Weather
    A sign warns motorists of a tropical storm near Clearwater Beach on Aug. 3, 2024. Local emergency officials are confident in their messaging system.
  13. Can Pinellas get residents on board for its $125M beach renourishment project?
    • Pinellas
    Tom Spoden expresses his concerns to Pinellas County commissioners and staff during a meeting to discuss proposed beach renourishment and easements on July 9 in Treasure Island.
  14. How this organic farm became one of Manatee County’s biggest players
    • Food
    A look at the fields at Gamble Creek Farms.
  15. Some viral videos of Texas flooding might be fake. Here’s how to spot them
    • Weather
    A jogger takes a detour around a flooded running path in Louise Hays Park, along the banks of the Guadalupe River on Saturday in Kerrville, Texas.
  16. Pasco County records its first endangered Florida panther death
    • Environment
    A male Florida panther, estimated to be 2 to 3 years old, was killed by a vehicle July 1 on Interstate 75 in Wesley Chapel, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  17. Darkness is crucial to Everglades habitat. Could Alligator Alcatraz threaten it?
    • Environment
    Anthony Sleiman, a conservation photographer who documents the night sky over the Florida Everglades, said he took this photo around midnight on July 1. The glow of the state's new immigration detention facility, Alligator Alcatraz, can be seen nearby. Big Cypress National Preserve was named the nation's first "dark sky" preserve in 2016.
  18. Did a corporation’s cloud seeding cause deadly Texas flooding? | Fact check
    • Weather
    A sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on Saturday after a flash flood swept through the area.
  19. Does Ron DeSantis support Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill?
    • Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not responded to questions from the Tampa Bay Times about his thoughts on the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill.
  20. Mosquitoes are thriving in Tampa Bay. Inside the effort to stave them off.
    • Environment
    Mary Bolton, an entomology assistant trainee for Pinellas County Mosquito Control, examines a pile of black salt marsh mosquitoes, which are considered a nuisance species.
  21. Scallop season is underway in Florida: Here’s what to know
    • Things To Do
    Scalloping on Florida's Gulf Coast has begun and runs through Sept. 24, depending on your zone. Since commercial fishing is now banned, recreational scalloping is the only way to get wild bay scallops.
  22. Man illegally speared protected tarpon in Florida Keys, deputy says
    • Crime
    A tarpon leaps from the water off the coast of Florida. In the state, you can't kill a tarpon without a special permit.
  23. Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape
    • Nation & World
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  24. In Clearwater, a Florida dolphin reunites with her longtime trainer
    • Environment
    Doris, a rough-toothed dolphin, gets a fish from trainer Kelsey Fisher at Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

About the Tampa Bay Times Environment Hub

The Tampa Bay Times Environment Hub is dedicated to probing Florida's most urgent environmental challenges, from polluted waters and rising seas to unchecked development and threatened wildlife. Through fearless, fact-based journalism, we hold leaders accountable and empower communities with the knowledge they need to take action.

Initial funding for the hub was provided by local residents Naomi Rutenberg and Robert Burn.

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