Florida is about to build the nation’s largest trash incinerator—but no one can agree on where to put it
Residents argue the project will disproportionately impact majority-Black and -Hispanic communities in the Miami-Dade area.
Company to layoff 51 people in Miramar
Group 1001 Resources will lay off 51 employees in Miramar. An Illinois-based insurance company will layoff "approximately" 51 ...
Trash incinerators disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people
Black and Hispanic communities are often overburdened with air pollution and emissions from trash incinerators, chemical ...
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Indoor golf franchise opens in Pinellas, Manatee counties
A new indoor golf franchise has laid down turf in Pinellas and Manatee counties. The Back Nine recently opened locations in ...
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Trash incinerators are disproportionately harmful to Black and Hispanic people
In Florida, six of the nine existing incinerators are where the percentages of people of color are higher than the statewide ...
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2 killed, 1 hurt in Christmas morning shooting outside Miramar IHOP
An IHOP parking lot turned into a crime scene overnight in Miramar. Police are investigating a triple shooting on Christmas ...
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Florida Trash Fight Spotlights Broader Environmental Justice Battle
“MIRAMAR SAYS NO TO INCINERATOR ... Joe Kilsheimer, executive director of the Florida Waste-to-Energy Coalition, a nonprofit ...
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In Florida, officials and communities clash over where to build the nation’s largest trash incinerator
Even more, the locations appeared to have been selected ... injustice and racial injustice,” she said. Residents of Miramar, Florida, gathered in Miami on September 17 to voice their opposition ...