Jacob OglesMarch 20, 2019
5min402
“Man-made pollution is a significant part of the cause.”
Tag: Sierra ClubSen Rick Scott in Sarasota. Photo by Jacob Ogles.
Jacob OglesMarch 20, 2019
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 21, 2019
7min302
“We should not be building plants that rely on fossil fuels."
Joe HendersonJanuary 9, 2019
6min335
It is heartening to hear Gov. Ron DeSantis often speak about his commitment to Florida’s environment. Those were some sweet-sounding words he spoke in his inauguration speech: “Our economic potential will be jeopardized if we do not solve the problems afflicting our environment and water resources.” True dat. But words without action is meaningless, and […]
Drew WilsonOctober 29, 2018
6min544
Environmental group Sierra Club is getting ready for Halloween with a new quiz inviting Floridians to face their “most rational worst fears” when it comes to Gov. Rick Scott’s environmental policy. “Halloween is right around the corner, and, tbh, there’s some super scary stuff going on this year. Bomb threats, white nationalism, embattled midterm elections, […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 27, 2018
6min516
A group of local environmentalists and community activists are asking Gov. Rick Scott to accept responsibility for what they describe as his poor environmental record they say worsened the ongoing red tide crisis plaguing Florida’s Gulf coast. “Our elected leaders have not only done nothing to help us, but they are making the problem worse,” […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 21, 20185min373
Gov. Rick Scott is asking the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to create a ‘Florida Center for Red Tide Research’ to study the causes of red tide and research ways to mitigate its effects. In a letter to FWC on Thursday, Scott praised ongoing efforts to study the K. Brevis bacteria and its resulting red tide blooms but […]
Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018
4min365
The Sierra Club is launching an internet video ad blasting Gov. Rick Scott in advance for the prospect he might approve a natural gas power plant project in Florida, charging that such a decision would increase climate change and mean bad news for Puerto Rico. The last part – bad news for Puerto Rico – […]
Jacob OglesSeptember 7, 2018
6min386
Democratic Cabinet candidates Jeremy Ring and Nikki Fried held a town hall on the Caloosahatchee River and committed, if elected, to bring stakeholders together to combat the dual plagues of blue-green algae and red tide. At a joint North Fort Myers campaign stop, Ring, a candidate for Chief Financial Officer, stressed the need for all […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018
3min828
Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott is in Oklahoma City today, putting the touch on energy industry executives to fund his U.S. Senate bid. Florida Democrats are alarmed, and a press call Thursday afternoon featuring St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and environmental activists conveyed their pique. Kriseman expressed “great consternation and concern” regarding Scott, whose words about […]
Jim RosicaJuly 11, 2018
6min412
Saying he violated their constitutional rights “in multiple ways, and over repeated objections,” House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron asked a Tallahassee judge to remove himself from future proceedings in an environmental funding case. The legislative leaders filed their disqualification request with Circuit Judge Charles Dodson earlier this week. On June 28, […]