Severe Weather Awareness Week: Lightning
Today kicks off Florida’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, January 30 – February 3, 2012, an important opportunity for Floridians to learn about the different weather hazards that frequently impact the state and how families and businesses can prepare for these natural events.
Group Challenges Progress “Nuclear Tax Scam”
An advocacy group raised questions Monday about a wide ranging settlement agreement that includes Progress Energy Florida continuing to charge customers for a proposed Levy County nuclear power project.
Obama Rejects Keystone, Blames GOP “Arbitrary Deadline”
President Obama laid the blame squarely on Republicans’ “arbitrary deadline” for the rejection of an application for the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline which would bring crude oil from Alberta tar sands to the Gulf Coast.
Local Ranchers, Farmers Help Establish New Everglades Conservation Area
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today accepted the first donation of land in south-central Florida to officially establish the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area – conserving one of the last remaining grassland and longleaf pine savanna landscapes in eastern North America.
Floridians Say, Spend More On Everglades
As a summit on Evergaldes restoration that will include Gov. Rick Scott and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gets underway in Tallahassee, the Everglades Foundation has released a poll that shows most Floridians favor spending more on restoring the ecosystem.
Salazar to Announce Major Everglades Conservation Initiatives
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe will kick-off a two day trip Tuesday to Florida, to make two important conservation announcements that are part of the Administration’s efforts to preserve and restore the Florida Everglades.
Florida Could Have New Preserve: Tampa Bay Wreck
The wreck of the Civil War-era steam tugboat USS Narcissus should be the state’s newest underwater archaeological preserve, Secretary of State Kurt Browning proposed Wednesday.
Everglades Gets Fed Monies
In an unusual bi-partisan twist, lawmakers of both parties – Republican and Democrats – approved on Wednesday, funding for 5.5 miles of additional bridges along the Tamiami Trail, which will elevate portions of the trans-glades route to allow more natural water flow into Everglades National Park.
Progress-Duke Merger Runs into Snags
The proposed mega-merger of Progress Energy and Duke Energy has run into federal objections that, at a minimum, appear likely to delay the deal.
Scott’s Miami Port Expansion Challenged
Three environmental groups have challenged one of Gov. Rick Scott’s priorities – the Miami Port expansion – on the grounds that it poses a threat to endangered and protected species and will undermine a Fisher Island seawall.