Molly Duerig
Environment ReporterMolly is an award-winning reporter with a background in video production and investigative journalism, focused on covering environmental issues for Central Florida Public Media. Previously, Molly was an investigative reporter for Spectrum News 13, where she spent 3 years reporting in-depth and daily TV news stories, including continuing coverage of an amusement ride tragedy in Orlando that earned a first-place Sunshine State award from the Society of Professional Journalists' Florida chapter. Molly speaks Spanish, loves to travel and is grateful to have had the chance to report stories from places as distinct as Nebraska, Peru and Puerto Rico. She has a master's degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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Passions were high at Wednesday night’s town hall in Port Orange, but attendees left wanting more tangible flooding solutions. -
Scientists are learning more about how piles of muck affect the Indian River Lagoon. -
Florida has $41 million left from a fund to "replace diesel emission sources with cleaner technology" — but doesn’t want to spend it on electric vehicles. -
By the year 2045, demand for water in the region will be up 41%, according to the Central Florida Water Initiative. -
The New Independence Parkway extension project should be done by early 2027, according to Orange County. -
A Florida Congressman wants the federal government to consider a Florida Springs National Park. Environmental stakeholders are skeptical. -
Vision 2050, the county’s new comprehensive plan, was struck down by a new state law — the same law Orange County is now joining other local governments to challenge in a class action lawsuit. -
Flood risk is expected to keep rising for critical infrastructure in Orange County, according to a new flood vulnerability assessment. -
Plaintiffs call Florida’s water quality criteria “woefully" outdated. It was last updated in 1992. -
City leaders decided to keep two development moratoriums in place, even though a new Florida law may prohibit them. -
Bear Warriors United filed a lawsuit Friday against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission over bear hunt rules commissioners approved earlier this week. -
The expressway authority’s governing board approved a resolution declaring some 44 acres of Orange County land as necessary for a planned toll road, including part of Eagles Roost.
