The Coconut Grove cottage where Marjory Stoneman Douglas wrote “The Everglades: River of Grass” — the book that would change America’s perception of the Everglades and make her Florida’s most famous environmentalist — has been slowly decaying since her death there in 1998. Talk of restoring it and opening it to the public remained in […]
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Environmentalist surveying Mexico’s Maya Train warns of damage to ancient caves
By Paola Chiomante PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s Maya Train rail project in the Yucatan Peninsula is raising concerns among environmental experts about potential damage to unique ecosystems including a network of subterranean caves. One section of the 1,554-km (965-mile) rail system in Mexico’s southeast, which connects the resort town of Cancun, opened […]