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FILE - Visitors look at manatees at the Tampa Electric Company Manatee Viewing Center near the coal-fired Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Center volunteers estimate that over 1,000 of the gentle creatures are enjoying the warm water that gets discharged from the power plant. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
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Young activists take on a government agency in a Florida climate lawsuit

The case is one in a string of lawsuits filed by kids and teenagers across the U.S.

The sun sets over Alum Bluff on the Apalachicola River near Bristol, Fla. on Nov. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)
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Environmentalists are headed to court over proposed oil well in vulnerable Florida watershed

Environmentalists sue to block oil drilling in Florida’s biodiverse Apalachicola watershed, citing risks to one of earth’s rare ecosystems.

S.S. United States is moored on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Florida county in talks to turn historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef

A Florida county is in talks to acquire a storied but aging ocean liner in a proposed deal that could create the largest...

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