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Posted onMay 5, 2022May 5, 2022Florida Focus newsbreak

9-year-old boy runs nonprofit to help preserve the ocean, beaches

Pollution, such as plastic, is hurting Florida’s diverse wildlife and threatening the state’s pristine beaches and waters. One St. Petersburg boy is dedicated to helping…

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Posted onDecember 1, 2020TV News

Plastic bottle caps can’t be recycled – but they can be made into something new

Eight million metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year, but Dr. T.H. Culhane’s graduate students at the University of South Florida…

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Posted onNovember 17, 2020Florida Focus newsbreak

Newsbreak: Coronavirus raises concern over holiday season, in-person classes

With holidays on the horizon, experts worry that thousands more will die if people do not take necessary precautions. The CDC warns that a rise in coronavirus cases…

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Posted onOctober 9, 2020October 9, 2020Featured

Trash Pirates fight to keep Madeira Beach sands clean

This video story was reported and produced by Caylee Cottrell. On the first Saturday of every month, a group of volunteers comes out to Madiera…

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Posted onApril 16, 2020May 3, 2020News Reporting

Students aim to ban single-use plastic on USF campuses

Higher education has been a platform of social change, and higher educational institutions in Tampa Bay are taking initiatives to prevent more plastic from entering…

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