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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Following closures prompted by building upgrades and the COVID-19 pandemic, Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge is once again open to the public. -
Wedgefield residents’ ongoing water quality concerns stem from the area’s “substandard” water and wastewater systems, according to Orange County Utilities. -
Despite some bad environmental outcomes from this year’s legislative session, advocates say, lawmakers still gave Floridians some things to celebrate. -
Biosolids aren’t tested for forever chemicals before being used as fertilizer in Florida. Testing requirements would help reduce risk, according to St. Johns Riverkeeper. -
Orange County is working on proposing special protections for two widely different watersheds. -
American oystercatchers at-large are making gains. But in Florida, the state-threatened shorebird is struggling to hold onto habitat. -
Advocates and immigration attorneys are urging Orange County to revisit its relationship with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
Orange County commissioners approved an updated agreement pushing back the road’s expected completion date, from January to November of 2026. -
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.
