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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Central Florida Public Media is covering the day of protests in communities across the region. -
The agency’s announced changes will offer water utilities more flexibility to comply with regulations, but could come at a cost to public and environmental health. -
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings also celebrated the county’s past investments in affordable housing, transportation and environmental protection, while urging more efficiency is needed to keep taxes low. -
Regional businesses and industry groups are bracing for “disruptive” impacts from federal lawmakers’ proposed rollback of clean energy provisions. -
Seasonal fertilizer restrictions start Sunday for Brevard, Lake, Orange, Seminole and Volusia counties. -
Orange County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to deny approval of the Tuscana project proposed for the Shingle Creek watershed. -
The proposed emergency management law could be a roadblock in the growth planning overhaul Orange County has spent years working on. -
While they mark a major step forward for Orange County, the pending new growth rules and comprehensive plan still don’t go far enough to address climate resilience, according to some community stakeholders. -
Once again, a study commissioned by the City of Mount Dora indicates a persistent, foul odor isn’t coming from the city’s wastewater plant. -
County commissioners heard from staff Tuesday on the development rule changes expected from a still-pending Orange Code. -
An initial public hearing on “Orange Code” is slated for Tuesday afternoon. Final approval would come from the board of county commissioners next month. -
Water utility membership groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency for clean drinking water rules enacted under the Biden administration. Now, President Trump’s EPA has until May 12 to make a move in court.
