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Fertilizers. the runoff from the heavy rainfall, moving into the amazon river. that goes into the ocean. thats providing a nutrient tree point. thats the algae bloom and the explode. it only takes an action in the wind currents or the popular beaches. >> they rely on tourism. and some of the people in miami are worried about their property values at this point. >> its in their best interest to clean this up and solve this problem. the days top stories are just ahead. >> well be back and contin...

Heal the bay. his explanation was all the run off -- there were the fires that cost 2,000 homes to get disconnected from the sewage treatment plant. laura, there are 60,000 people directly into our gutters every day. their sewage is going directly into the ocean. we had a massive die off of mammals in the spring and suddenly it became disconnectedn from our sewage treatment plant where do you think the environmentalists would be on that? they would be screaming blooding murder. where are they no...

Infectious diseases. i spoke to a representative at heal the bay. his there were the fires that cost 2,000 homes to get disconnected from the sewage treatment plant. lara, there are 60,000 people directly into our gutters every day. there sewage is going directly into the ocean. we had a massive die off of mammals in the spring and suddenly it became disconnected from our sewage treatment plant that where do you think the environmentalists would be on that? they would be screaming blooding murde...

Water into the mississippi river and other areas and onthe gulf. all we can do is work with the corps of engineers and try to reduce the effect of fresh water as it plunges into the salt water of the gulf coast. we saw the mortality rate of dolphins and sea turtles increase. algae bloom has closed many of the beaches. we will be back on monday morning with our team, working on that as soon as were able to stand down from the threats of flooding that are occurring as we speak here in mississippi ...

Customers have had concerns about the toxic algae affecting seafood. >> we try to explain to them that the areas that are affected are near the beaches, very close to land, the areas we fish, very far to the south. >> mississippis department of marine resources says the toxic algae bloom is fresh water being diverted from mississippi river to gulf, the higher amount of fresh water, bacteria drive, beyond mississippi more than a dozen beaches in louisiana and texas have been placed under advisory...

Mike: mayor pete with $25 million, hes not going anywhere anytime soon. >> reporter: he is not. mike: jacqui heinrich here in new york, thanks so much. arthel: a toxic algae bloom is forcing officials in the gulf to close or limit access to beaches. its all coming at the worst possible time, during a holiday weekend. charles watson has more. >> reporter: summer beach plans are hitting a snag along the gulf coast this fourth of july holiday weekend. mississippi is closing down more than a dozen b...

Them that the areas that are affected are near the beaches, very close to land. the areas we fish, very far to south. >> reporter: mississippis department of marine resources says the toxic algae bloom is the product of a large amount of freshwater from the mississippi river into the gulf after this springs widespread flooding. the higher amount of freshwater lets harmful bacteria thrive causing nausea and breathing issues. more than a dozen beaches in louisiana and texas have been placed under ...

Because floods contaminate drinking water, droughts take away our drinking water. so there is no way in which an epa administrator can decide on i am going to think about drinking water and decide that i am not going to do whats right by the american people and actually address climate change which was exacerbating our challenges with drinking water. stephanie, do you remember back five or so years ago when toledo, ohio, was shutdown came from the algae blooms because of the water and the farms ...

It was supposed to come out in december but was released by the trump administration on friday, smack in the middle of a holiday weekend. that tells you the kind of priority it will have for this white house. southeast will probably lose half a billion hours of labor by the year 2100 due to extreme heating. parts of the midwest will be able to produce less than 75% of the corn they produce today. heat stress will cause dairy production to fall. shellfish, red tides, algae bloom that kills sea li...

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