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April 7, 2025

In the home region of GreenPolicy360, the Manatees live among the many inter-coastal waterways, in the spring-fed streams, the inlets, and rivers.

Our GreenPolicy360 team supports and thanks the many Floridians who have to support protecting the at risk environment here in Florida at the frontlines of climate change.

Here's to an everyday All Species Day and to all the wild creatures who live here in their ecosystem habitats in our shared, human-impacted, climate changing lands and waters.

At Going Green we tip our hats to all those of the human species, especially those like Mark Katches of the Tampa Bay Times, who're stepping up and making a positive difference.

Tampa Bay Times launches environment hub

• https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2025/04/06/new-environment-hub-underscores-commitment-impact-journalism/
• https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/tampa-bay-times-launches-environment-hub/
• https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/the-tampa-bay-times-announced-the-launch-of-its-environment-hub,255169

The Tampa Bay Times announces the launch of its Environment Hub, with writers including Max Chesnes, lead environment and climate reporter; Emily L. Mahoney, energy reporter; Michaela Mulligan, environment and climate reporter; Jack Prator, environment and breaking news reporter, and Chris Tisch, senior editor/environment.

“We want to ensure we always have the reporting firepower to produce distinctive and meaningful journalism to serve Floridians,” said editor Mark Katches in a statement. There’s so much work to do. With sustained funding, our team will continue to report on environmental issues in Tampa Bay and extending into farmlands, lakes, springs and inland streams, where pollution and threats to species and habitat are front and center.”

The Times has a track record of environmental coverage, highlighted by its 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the “Poisoned” series, which exposed the dangers posed by a local lead smelter.

Its latest investigation “Wasting Away” published this week. The report shows the immense toll that pollution takes on Florida’s waterways.

The investigation found that 89,000 acres of seagrass has withered and died, and that has cost the lives of countless manatees that starved in recent years.

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Living_coastline

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Climate_News_Florida.jpg

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