A Florida Native American leader spoke out against a new migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," raising environmental and safety concerns for local ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis provided no materials explaining how he concluded Alligator Alcatraz has "zero impact." ...

Florida's attorney general says the migrant detention facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield in the Everglades. Environmental activists hope they can stop the project.

Some scientists have sounded major concerns over the environmental effects of turf lawns in Florida. Marco Schiavon, a turfgrass scientist at the University of Florida, worries about the heat ...

A new state law aims to help developers fill environmental requirements faster, something critics say could throw the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A group of Florida environmental advocates filed a lawsuit in federal court to shut down the ICE detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz. Friends of the Everglades said ...

FEMA and Florida Emergency Management review a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program application, considering environmental and community impacts.

The group of Democratic state senators and representatives said they wanted to exercise their statutory right as lawmakers to inspect the Everglades facility.

Florida Democrats inspected the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention center, criticizing the $450 million site as environmental groups file lawsuit over ecological concerns.

Th Florida Department of Health office in Indian River County issued a health alert for toxic algae in the Stick Marsh on ...

Environmental advocacy groups like Waterkeepers Florida echoed those concerns and lobbied for a veto, urging residents to contact the governor. Their efforts ultimately fell short.

New bill may allow 900 developments in the Florida Keys, extending evacuation limits and sparking concerns about housing, traffic, and environmental impact.