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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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Hydrilla and other invasive aquatic plants can create problems for lake ecosystems — but so can the chemicals used to treat them, say some Central Floridians.
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For now, OUC is tabling a discussion on PeakSHIFT, the utility’s proposed solar pricing changes, which was originally slated for the utility’s Tuesday meeting.
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Congressman Darren Soto is presenting the City of Orlando with a federal funding award of nearly $960,000 to reduce flood risk in East Orlando.
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Last year an appeals court struck down Florida’s plans to restore polluted springs, siding with the advocacy group that said those plans were ineffective. Now, as the state works on revisions, advocates fear the pending changes will still fail Florida springs.
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Glen Gilzean’s Friday announcement follows a Thursday letter from Democratic U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost, backed by 13 local leaders, flagging concerns about Gilzean’s performance.
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As orange prices boom and crops plummet worldwide, scientists in Central Florida lead the search for citrus greening solutions with genetic engineering.
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The $4.2 million project aims to reduce erosion and restore living shoreline along the causeway, in addition to boosting water quality in the Indian River Lagoon.
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The new, “zoning in progress” ordinance doesn’t impact existing development applications submitted before Tuesday, May 28.
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The City Beautiful stays in 64th place on this year’s ParkScore, an annual study by the Trust for Public Land.
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The 400-acre future park in South Kissimmee will no longer be developed into a green energy facility. Still, its future remains unclear.
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As rapid development strains infrastructure, some Central Florida communities rely on flood maps with outdated data. But even the most current maps can’t predict where flooding will happen next.
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While not perfectly pristine, many Florida farmlands provide valuable ecosystem services, like wildlife habitat and flood protection.