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Bruce RitchieMarch 4, 2015
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Pressed by legislators, a state environmental official said Wednesday she doesn’t expect Florida to forward to federal officials a plan for reducing carbon dioxide emissions without getting approval by the Legislature. President Barack Obama in 2014 issued his Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants by 30 percent from 2005 levels. Industry […]

Ryan RayMarch 4, 2015
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4min157
A new poll released Wednesday by the Florida Chamber of Commerce suggests that although voters are growing more confident of the direction the state is going, they still have deep reservations about the federal government’s stewardship. “Our results show Floridians are more confident in Florida’s economy,” said Marian Johnson, the Chamber’s senior vice president of political strategy. […]

Bruce RitchieMarch 4, 2015
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Associated Industries of Florida announced Wednesday it’s forming a “Florida Mineral Rights Working Group” to focus on oil and gas production — with no mention of the even more controversial idea of offshore drilling. The announcement comes as legislation (SB 166/HB 169) has been filed to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which is a process […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 4, 2015
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2min140
With bills in both the Florida House and Senate having been filed this session to legalize marijuana for personal use, along with the continuing Charlotte’s Web debate, it seemed inevitable that someone would attempt a “medical necessity” defense for growing marijuana. What seemed less inevitable is that it worked. The Sun-Sentinel reports that a Broward County jury […]


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