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    Chemical Whack-a-Mole: Why Our Environment Can’t Keep Up with PFAS

    November 5, 2025By Aracely Reyes-Rodriguez

    Welcome to the 98%, the not-so-exclusive club of Americans with measurable levels of forever chemicals in their blood; membership is automatic, but the health risks are still being calculated. A toxic threat flows from our taps. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) are a family of thousands of synthetic compounds dubbed “forever chemicals” because their unique […]

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    From Bag to Bin: The Hefty Price Tag of Fast Fashion on Sustainability

    March 20, 2025By Kharla Salazar

    In December 2024, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published a report detailing its findings on textile waste and the harmful effects it has on the environment.[i] This was the first time a government agency acknowledged and provided recommendations for what is considered “one of the biggest issues facing the fashion industry.” [ii] In […]

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    A Push to Restore Florida’s Swamp Quickly: Governor DeSantis Calls for More Money and Authority, But Will He Get It?

    February 21, 2025By Robert Lopez

    The historic natural Everglades was a truly spectacular and one-of-a-kind ecosystem that could not be found anywhere else on the planet. Stretching over miles and miles of Florida, water flowed through the sawgrass of the Everglades uninterrupted, moving south all the way into the Florida Bay.[i]  However, through the years of Florida’s development, the Everglades […]

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    We Speak for the Trees: Public Backlash to Florida’s 2024–25 Great Outdoors Initiative

    November 22, 2024By Kharla Salazar

    Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax is aptly titled after its main character: a mystical, short orange being who is the guardian of a Truffula forest and speaks on behalf of the trees and all the creatures who reside there.[i] The Lorax’s appearances are purposefully timed as he swiftly appears when the first Truffula tree is chopped, […]

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