Florida PhoenixJune 19, 2023
8min0
It comes days after the feds announced guidance for cities to access tax credits for clean energy products.
Tag: Food & Water Watch
Florida PhoenixJune 19, 2023
Drew WilsonJanuary 7, 2019
3min291
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis made a campaign promise that he would pursue a fracking ban in Florida, and a Clearwater-based group is making sure he doesn’t forget. Floridians Against Fracking (via Food & Water Watch) said in a Friday news release that it would set up “large visuals throughout Tallahassee in coordination with the Governor’s inauguration […]
Scott PowersJune 13, 2018
4min505
In a brief exchange with an volunteer for an anti-cracking group, Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam declared his opposition to fracking over the weekend. “We don’t need to be fracking in Florida. Our geology, our limestone, we do not need to be fracking in Florida for oil and gas. It is just […]
Mitch PerryApril 19, 2017
7min390
With just over two weeks left in Florida’s regular Legislative Session, a group of over 100 members of the business community released a statement Wednesday indicating support for a statewide fracking ban. “If something goes wrong, I know that will have an impact on us,” said Mark Amis, the owner of Little Tommie’s Tiki located at […]
Mitch PerryJuly 5, 2016
3min483
They call it the DARK act, and they want Bill Nelson to oppose it. On Tuesday, a coalition of activists, led by the group March Against Monsanto, met in front of the Florida senator’s Tampa District office and called on him to oppose a compromise bill in the Senate proposed by Kansas Republican Pat Roberts […]
Staff ReportsFebruary 24, 2016
12min196
The Florida House passed a wide sweeping economic incentives package (HB 1325) on Wednesday. The proposal includes the framework for Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed $250 million Florida Enterprise Fund. Chris Hudson, state director for Americans for Prosperity-Florida, said in a statement: “I want to start by commending the members of the Florida House that stood […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 12, 2015
6min196
The Democratic sponsor of a Senate bill that would ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, said Thursday that local governments are creating a groundswell of support for the legislation. Fracking can involve using water, sand, and chemicals to force oil and gas from underground rock. Environmentalists have raised concerns that the process is a threat to […]