Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 23, 2019
3min538
The money will increase the city's skilled workforce in brownfield cleanup.
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Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 23, 2019
Jim TurnerJuly 26, 2019
5min621
“All the science tells us switching to clean energy saves lives."
Ryan NicolApril 6, 2019
7min811
The loans are part of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act.
Ryan NicolMarch 14, 2019
3min637
Bartlett also spent 16 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Staff ReportsAugust 2, 2018
2min1619
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Al Lawson announced a $25,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant for the Fairfax Environmental Committee for Justice. The Jacksonville non-profit was launched to help remedy one of Jacksonville’s most high-profile Superfund sites. And now, resources will be available to sustain its efforts via hiring technical advisors. Per the EPA: Fairfax Street Wood Treaters site is […]
Danny McAuliffeJune 19, 2018
8min478
Environmental and activist groups are criticizing the state for drafting in secrecy the details of a new permitting process to build in Florida’s wetlands. In a letter Monday addressed to Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Noah Valenstein, environmental groups Audubon Florida and 1000 Friends of Florida alongside the League of Women Voters called for a more […]
Ryan NicolJune 6, 2018
4min353
A new ad is supporting Congressman Carlos Curbelo‘s work to address the effects of climate change. The 30-second spot, released by The Alliance for Climate Solutions, replays pieces of a speech the South Florida Republican gave on the House floor regarding the conversation around climate change. “Enough of the demagoguery. Enough of the fact-less conversation. Let’s focus on […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 13, 2017
4min243
Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday night said he’s “made it clear” that getting gasoline to the pumps and turning the lights back on are tied for his No. 1 priority. Scott “will continue to aggressively work until every Floridian can return to work and their kids can go back to school,” his office said in […]
Associated PressJune 2, 2017
8min247
Does he or doesn’t he? Believe in climate change, that is. You’d think that would be an easy enough question the day after President Donald Trump announced he was pulling the U.S. out of the landmark global accord aimed at combating global warming. But don’t bother asking at the White House. “I have not had […]
Phil AmmannApril 14, 2017
29min290
Does Al Lawson ‘get’ Jacksonville? Questions still remain as to whether Congressman Lawson understands Jacksonville, as his visits to the Jacksonville City Council Tuesday, and town hall Wednesday indicate. On Tuesday, one could sense among certain council members (specifically, those representing districts that overlap Lawson’s) a grating irritation over Lawson’s constant use of Eureka Garden […]