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Scott PowersJune 7, 2016

One of the oldest and most mainstream environmental groups, Clean Water Action, has endorsed Democrat Susannah Randolph‘s bid for Florida’s 9th Congressional District, her campaign announced. Randolph is a former state program director for the organization, part of her career as an activist and political staff member. Clean Water Action’s advocacy dates to helping pass […]

Bruce RitchieApril 2, 2015

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As lobbyist Stephanie Kunkel, representing the Conservancy of Southwest Florida and Clean Water Action, approached the podium on Tuesday to speak on a Senate oil and gas fracking bill, there was a murmur through the committee room packed with fracking opponents. “Sellout,” one man muttered before Kunkel started speaking. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida and […]

Bruce RitchieMarch 30, 2015

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An amendment filed Monday — and later withdrawn — by the chairman of a Senate committee would have placed a ban on state permits for oil and gas fracking until a study of the practice can be completed in 2016. SB 1468 by Sen. Garrett Richter, a Republican from Bradenton, requires the state to develop […]

Bruce RitchieMarch 17, 2015

House bills that involve oil and gas “fracking” passed their first committee stop with support from some environmental groups and opposition from others and tense questioning by Rep. Ray Pilon. HB 1205 would establish a permitting program for hydraulic fracturing and acid fracturing, which are processes used to extract oil and gas from rock. HB […]

Bruce RitchieFebruary 11, 2015

A pair of bills filed this week would wade into what became a stinky issue last year — a deadline to ban the spreading of septic tank waste on land. In 2010, the Legislature voted to ban the land application of septic tank waste beginning on Jan. 1, 2016 as part of a bill that […]

Tag: Clean Water Action

Environmental group Clean Water Action endorses Susannah Randolph in CD 9 race

Enviro groups that support fracking bills thread the needle

Senate committee chair seeks to ban fracking during study

Fracking bills pass House panel after testy exchanges

Bills would lift 2016 ban on spreading septic tank waste