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Ryan NicolOctober 30, 2018

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 […]

Ryan NicolOctober 28, 2018

Environment America Action Fund (EAAF), an environmental group which has supported Democrats in previous election cycles, is now announcing it’s throwing resources behind Lauren Baer‘s bid in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. The group has pledged to spend more than $1 million across 10 congressional races; hers is one. EAAF says it is targeting races “where […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 23, 2018

Local Republican candidates in state legislative races won’t be showing up to a candidate forum Wednesday hosted by ReThinkEnergy Florida, the First Street Foundation, Oceana and the League of Women Voters. The coalition of groups is hosting an environmental forum at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Clearwater Wednesday at 6 p.m. to discuss sea level […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 22, 2018

The political arm of Florida Conservation Voters is spending nearly $500,000 on digital advertising to back Andrew Gillum, the Democratic option for Governor this fall. The news comes a week after Gillum’s Republican opponent Ron DeSantis scored a coveted endorsement from the Everglades Trust — support that could convince undecided voters that DeSantis is the […]

Guest AuthorOctober 19, 2018

It is often said that campaigning is easier than governing. This is especially true concerning the environment, where Floridian’s love of the outdoors, our tourism, our farming, and our housing all intersect. These interests deserve thoughtful consideration beyond the platitudes required by today’s election and media cycle. Whoever wins Florida’s upcoming elections will — or […]

Scott PowersOctober 19, 2018

Democratic congressional candidate Sanjay Patel has launched his first video commercial, a digital ad that talks about how his brother’s death from cancer has inspired him to seek better, and how for him that includes affordable health care, a fairer economy, environmental protection and investments in schools and infrastructure. The two-minute, 17-second video, released on […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 19, 2018

The University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design’s Florida Center for Community Design and Research (FCCDR) is teaming up with community partners to come up with resiliency strategies to deal with climate-related impacts to Florida including red tide, toxic algae blooms and hurricanes. The groups will develop ideas on how to build […]

Ryan NicolOctober 18, 2018

A pro-clean energy group is jumping in with a new ad campaign supporting Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in his bid for re-election. Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) is a Washington, D.C.-based group which aims to support Republicans who push for clean energy policies in Congress. The organization endorsed Curbelo back in June during the primary […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 17, 2018

House candidate Jennifer Webb is praising a Florida Supreme Court opinion that restores a proposed constitutional amendment banning offshore drilling and vaping in indoor workplaces. It was one of three amendments ordered back on the ballot Wednesday. “We don’t have to look too far back to be reminded of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 16, 2018

Democrat Lindsay Cross is launching a new ad this week in her bid for Senate District 24 that touts her commitment to the environment. The ad, entitled “It’s Time” shows images of Cross at various local waterfront locations, as well as a photo of her working as an environmental scientist. “Florida’s water and natural environment are under attack,” […]

Tag: environment

NRCC ad argues Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will ‘threaten’ the environment

Environmental group adds support for Lauren Baer bid in CD 18

Republican candidates say ‘nope’ to local environmental forum

Environmental group spends big on Andrew Gillum pitch

Greg Munson: Four nonpartisan principles on Florida water

Sanjay Patel launches digital ad in CD 8 race

Kathy Castor announces climate change coalition with USF

Clean energy advocacy group to launch ad blitz supporting Carlos Curbelo

HD 69 candidate Jennifer Webb applauds Amendment 9 decision

Lindsay Cross cuts pro-environment ad, already taping another

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