A controversial plan to develop parts of Florida’s state parks has sparked significant backlash, prompting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to address public concerns on Wednesday.

Thanks to a state grant, Miami-Dade County is launching a new pilot program aimed at cleaning up storm water polluting Biscayne Bay.

Florida, like the rest of the planet, is in the grips of a waste crisis, and a new report just released by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection outlines just how dire the situation has become.

Some Marathon residents said they noticed heavy machinery over the weekend outside one of the uninhabited Fanny Keys, a private island on the bayside of the island chain.

A mandatory evacuation order near a leaking Florida wastewater reservoir that affected more than 300 homes and additional businesses has been lifted.

Officials are saying a partial breach of a barrier around an old phosphate mine has caused expanding evacuations Saturday evening.

SPRING HILLS, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference on Friday at the Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Spring Hill. DeSantis is there with First Lady Casey DeSantis and Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Noah Valenstein. DeSantis announced on Twitter that Florida’s unemployment rate is at 7.4% after a 35% decline from July. Also, he said the private-sector employment increased by 46,000 jobs in August.

This Aug. 1, 2018, aerial photo made available by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection shows Grayton Beach State Park in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. The squeak,' squeak, 'squeak of the sand when you walk in it.It's a large reason the beach was picked as the best in the United States by Stephen Dr. Beach Leatherman, a coastal scientist and professor at Florida International University, who has been ranking the nation's beaches for 30 years. Grayton Beach State Park won the list's top spot even without a smoking ban based on its sheer beauty. I have caught lots of fish at Grayton Beach State Park, Cherry said.

DORAL, Fla. - Doral residents have complained about the emissions coming from Waste Management's Medley landfill for years. The residents refer to the growing landfill as "Mount Trashmore." Juan Carlos "J.C." Bermudez, the mayor, remembers the landfill was already there when the city was founded in 2003. Now, Doral residents are worried about a plan to bring more garbage to the landfill. Waste Management wants the landfill, which serves a population of about 4.5 million, to be the height of a 30-floor building.