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  1. What are microplastics? An expert breaks it down.
    Yesterday• All Eyes
    Trash collects in JoeÕs Creek Watershed, Pinellas Park Ditch, on Sept. 17, 2019 in Pinellas Park. The grasses and sediment acts as camouflages for an alligator to the right of the trash. TRACEE STOCKWELL | TIMES | Tampa Bay Times
  2. Controversial mine grows larger in north Pasco
    Yesterday• Pasco
    Neighbors had objected to the Lago Verde mine in north-central Pasco and then the adjoining Seven Diamonds LLC mine for the past seven years. The Seven Diamonds mine is now adding 60 additional acres to increase in size by one-fifth.
    The Seven Diamonds LLC mine is adding 60 acres, increasing in size by one-fifth.
  3. Have more pavement? Expect to pay more in St. Petersburg.
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    An man wades through flooded streets with bags of groceries in the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg during Tropical Storm Colin in 2016. LOREN ELLIOTT | Loren Elliott / Tampa Bay Times
    The city plans to adjust its stormwater billing so homeowners with the most impervious surface area pay the most.
  4. Tegu lizards threaten native species around Riverview
    Sep. 18• Hillsborough
    A tegu lizard belonging to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is displayed during a press conference. Tampa Bay Times (2014)
    The invasive lizards, which can reach five feet in length, are well established in east Hillsborough.
  5. New two-story Shore Acres Recreation Center will offer more space for programs and parking
    Sep. 18• St. Petersburg
    Rendering of the new Shore Acres Recreation Center that will replace the current structure at 4230 Shore Acres Blvd. NE, St. Petersburg Wannemacher Jensen Architects
    The long-desired project is praised, but some neighbors worry about its proposed height and a new entrance and exit on busy 40th Avenue NE
  6. Pasco County wins ruling in Tampa Electric Co. solar farm dispute
    Sep. 17• Pasco
    An administrative judge said a Pasco County ordinance allowing solar farms in agricultural districts did not violate the county's comprehensive land-use plan. Times
    An ordinance did not violate the county’s land-use plan that is supposed to protect rural Northeast Pasco, a judge said.
  7. Surprise rescue of Jamaica coral reefs shows nature can heal
    Sep. 17• All Eyes
    Diver Everton Simpson untangles lines of staghorn coral at a coral nursery inside the White River Fish Sanctuary on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. On the ocean floor, small coral fragments dangle from suspended ropes, like socks hung on a laundry line. Divers tend to this underwater nursery as gardeners mind a flower bed, slowly and painstakingly plucking off snails and fireworms that feast on immature coral. DAVID J. PHILLIP | AP
    On the ocean floor, small coral fragments dangle from suspended ropes, as socks hung on a laundry line.
  8. Florida man with largest private shell collection now ready to give it away
    Sep. 13• Environment
    In his basement office Harry Lee, a retired Jacksonville doctor, who began collecting shells when he was 6 still spends time classifying shells. He's 79 now, and until recently he had what was considered the largest personal shell collection in the world, including quite a few shells that were unknown to science before he discovered them. But he's now given about a third of his collection to the Florida Museum of Natural History, where he also does volunteer work. (Dede Smith/ Special) Dede Smith for the Times
    Harry Lee has spent seven decades traveling the world collecting shells — and even found one unknown to science in his own back yard
  9. Sustainability program offers ‘Toolkit for Positive Change’
    Sep. 12• Clearwater
    Designed by Tara McCarty
    Clearwater to host sustainability conference
  10. 4 billion particles of tiny plastics pollute Tampa Bay, study finds
    Sep. 12• Environment
    Fisherman Peyton Vaughan, 58, St. Petersburg, left, throws his cast net for bait, off of the north rest area of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge as the Precious Seas Cargo Ship, background, heads toward Tampa in Tampa Bay from the Gulf. A new study has found about 4 billion pieces of microplastics polluting the bay, which can affect the health of marine life in the bay.
    Now scientists will determine the impact on the animals that live in Florida’s largest estuary.
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