Wes WolfeAugust 10, 2022
6min0
JEA CEO Jay Stowe indicated he is also looking out for the number of people employed at the station.
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Wes WolfeAugust 10, 2022
Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2021
3min1278
It also plans to retire another coal unit nearly two decades ahead of schedule.
Jacob OglesJanuary 2, 2019
4min562
U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney laid into the coal industry and lamented the lack of Republican voices on climate change during a recent interview with USA Today. He also promised to back a carbon tax in the next Congress. The Naples Republican spoke with the newspaper about his continued work with the Climate Solutions Caucus. But […]
Ryan NicolOctober 30, 2018
4min383
A new ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee is arguing that Democratic candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will be bad for the environment. Mucarsel-Powell is competing against Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in Florida’s 26th Congressional District. The NRCC, which aims to elect Republicans to the U.S. House, hits what it calls Mucarsel-Powell’s shady ties to donors […]
Scott PowersAugust 19, 2016
9min478
Democratic congressional candidate Fatima Rita Fahmy is charging that her leading opponent in the Florida’s 10th Congressional primary, Val Demings, is taking money from organizations fighting against Democratic issues such as marijuana, Everglades restoration and renewable energy. The latest criticism is part of Fahmy’s ongoing efforts to paint Demings, a former Orlando police chief who […]
Phil AmmannFebruary 28, 2016
4min195
It looks like there’s one more chance this year for the Legislature to decide whether to sensibly regulate hydraulic fracturing in Florida and it will happen Tuesday at the Senate Committee on Appropriations. For those who view the failure of these bills as some kind of victory, you’re fooling yourselves. A “no” vote on Senate […]
Guest AuthorJanuary 18, 2016
5min439
The assault on Florida’s environment continues as a Senate committee last week approved a bill that would make it easier for petroleum companies to use fracking technology to extract oil and gas in the state. Lest we forget, the administration of Gov. Rick Scott has ordered the words “climate change” scrubbed from official speeches and […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 30, 20157min307
Nowadays it is politically correct to be “green” – to say and do things that seem to minimize one’s impact on the environment and to preach to others to do the same. But I am tired of people who portray themselves as somehow better environmentally than others just because they follow the latest trend without […]
Guest AuthorAugust 12, 20155min331
I’ve been a pediatrician for 35 years, and in that time, I have seen first-hand the effect that a changing climate has on my young patients. With more ozone and pollution in the atmosphere, we see worsening respiratory problems, allergies, and asthma. I care for many young infants and children who have to take several […]
Associated PressMay 19, 2015
7min260
Residents of the Sunshine State are finding that harnessing Florida’s abundant solar power is no simple task. With its bounty of sunny days, Florida ranks third in the nation in rooftop solar energy potential but 13th in the amount of solar energy generated, according to industry estimates. The industry views Florida as a sleeping giant […]