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Jacob OglesNovember 6, 2018

Candidates in Southwest Florida anticipated lengthy debates about Medicaid expansions, gun rights and maybe charter school funding to dominate political discourse this election. So it seemed illustrative to state Sen. Kathleen Passidomo when a Naples candidate forum contained not one question about health care came up. “This year,” she said, “it’s all about the water […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 1, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott directed another $3 million to Pinellas County for red tide relief Thursday, bringing the total so far for Pinellas to $6.3 million. The funding comes from the Florida Department of Environment Protection’s red tide emergency fund. Scott is infusing another $3 million into that fund to make sure other Florida counties can access […]

Jacob OglesOctober 30, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum had a message for all scientists concerned about water quality. You may be called to serve on a water management district board of trustees in the immediate future. “Anybody that cares about our environment and has an acumen for science better get their resumes ready,” Gillum said. Gillum and running […]

Jacob OglesOctober 26, 2018

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Democrat Liv Coleman, a candidate for Florida House District 73, focuses on fixing red tide in a new video advertisement released Thursday night. With imaged of dead fish piled on area beaches, Coleman strikes a bipartisan tone in the campaign ad. “Red tide doesn’t care if you are a Republican or a Democrat,” Coleman says […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 24, 2018

Pinellas County beach businesses reported 50 temporary layoffs and nine permanent layoffs associated with loss of business due to red tide. Forty-nine businesses self-reported losses totaling more than $1.5 million. Businesses reported losses through the Florida Damage Assessment program providing relief to businesses affected. Red tide continues to plague almost all of Pinellas County’s Gulf beaches, […]

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 […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 22, 2018

Lindsay Cross launched a new television ad this past weekend highlighting her experience as an “environmental scientist and problem solver, not a politician.” Cross is running against incumbent Jeff Brandes for the Senate District 24 seat covering parts of St. Petersburg, Pinellas Park and St. Pete Beach. “As executive director of the Florida Wildlife Corridor, […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 19, 2018

Floridians (and visitors) now have a way to know how much red tide is affecting the state’s beaches. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in coordination with other state and local groups, launched a new tool Friday that predicts the levels of respiratory irritation present on beaches affected by airborne toxins associated with red tide. […]

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 […]

Tag: red tide

Red Tide Politics: It’s the environment, stupid.

Florida tees up another $3 million for red tide relief in Pinellas County

Andrew Gillum tells Fort Myers scientists ‘get your resumes ready’

Liv Coleman focuses on red tide solutions in late ad

Red tide claiming Pinellas County jobs, costing businesses

Republican candidates say ‘nope’ to local environmental forum

Environmental group spends big on Andrew Gillum pitch

Lindsay Cross ad: ‘Put a scientist in the Senate’

Red tide weekend update for Pinellas beaches

Kathy Castor announces climate change coalition with USF