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Sun-Sentinel
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-everglades-oil-drilling-opponents-20190219-story.html
Local 10 News (ABC)
https://www.local10.com/news/florida/broward/local-leaders-clean-energy-activists-unite-against-plan-to-drill-for-oil-in-everglades
WLRN Public Radio
http://www.wlrn.org/post/not-here-not-now-not-everglades-wetland-conservationists-call-no-oil-drilling
WSVN Channel 7
https://wsvn.com/news/local/protesters-fight-to-stop-oil-drilling-plans-in-florida-everglades/Earthjustice FL Media Report 2/22/2019
Politico
Email: Netflix preparing an unflattering look at Big Sugar
Published Feb 22, 2019 by MATT DIXON
TALLAHASSEE - A Netflix series focusing on food industry “corruption” is preparing an episode on sugar, one of Florida’s largest and most politically powerful special interests The episode is being pu…
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The Business Journals
Judge to rule if JEA's net-metering cuts are constitutional
Published Feb 21, 2019 by Will Robinson
Home solar advocates asked a judge in a motion filed Wednesday to decide if JEA is breaking state law. The advocate groups argue that when JEA changed the way it pays for home-generated power last yea…
View full article analysis
Sun Sentinel
Florida back in fight to block oil drilling in Everglades
Published Feb 21, 2019 by David Fleshler
A plan for oil drilling in the Everglades ran into a major obstacle Wednesday, when the state of Florida went to court to stop it and promised to assist local governments in their own fight against th…
View full article analysis
The New York Times
Miami Battles Rising Seas
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Ban Ki-moon and Francis Suarez
Kevin Hagen for The New York Times Climate change is not a distant threat for Miami; it’s a daily presence in people’s lives. The city has been fighting to stay above water for decades. It knows that …
View full article analysis
Fox News
Two endangered Florida panthers found dead just days apart, wildlife officials say
Published Feb 21, 2019 by Madeline Farber
The two Florida panthers were found dead just days apart. (iStock) Two Florida panthers were found dead days apart from each other, state wildlife officials said. Officials with the Florida Fish and W…
View full article analysis
solarindustrymag.com
Community Solar Legislation Introduced In Florida
Published Feb 21, 2019 by Betsy Lillian
Florida State Sen. Lori Berman, D-Delray Beach, has introduced a bill that would establish a community solar program in Florida. Under S.B.1156, electric customers in Florida could purchase, lease or …
View full article analysis
NBC News
Toxic red tide in Florida not detected in waters
Published Feb 22, 2019
Breaking News Email An organism that has generated a toxic red tide in Florida waters since 2017, causing health issues in residents and killing thousands of sea life, is no longer being detected, the…
View full article analysis
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Red tide: Marco Rubio visits Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Zac Anderson
Political Editor @zacjanderson Friday Feb 22, 2019 at 1:43 PM Feb 22, 2019 at 2:14 PM Senator discusses threats including algae blooms. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio stopped by Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquari…
View full article analysis
Miami Herald
After firing former board members, DeSantis names four to water management district
Published Feb 21, 2019
Florida’s new governor named four more South Florida water managers on Thursday, a week after former members held a final, angry meeting criticizing the new administration’s house-cleaning that swept …
View full article analysis
Orlando Sentinel
Lake County commissioners should say no to Green Swamp development | Commentary
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Lauren Ritchie
A proposal is before county commissioners to allow a 29-home subdivision inside the Green Swamp, the main way that the Floridan Aquifer gets recharged and you, the lucky human living on the surface, g…
View full article analysis
Sun Sentinel
Rep. Castor to DeSantis: Make Florida a national leader in building a clean energy economy | Opinion
Published Feb 20, 2019 by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, Susan Glickman
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, who was recently selected to chair the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, knows full well the threat posed to Florida by climate change. Now she has rallied her colleagues…
View full article analysis
Sun Sentinel
Everglades oil drilling opponents call on Gov. DeSantis to stop it
Published Feb 19, 2019 by David Fleshler
A proposal to drill for oil in the Everglades was attacked by politicians and environmentalists Tuesday, as they urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to step in and stop it. At a news conference at Everglades Holi…
View full article analysis
www.yourjax.com
DeSantis, Cabinet look at $2.54M in land buys
Published Feb 19, 2019 by ws4
DeSantis, Cabinet look at $2.54M in land buys…
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www.yourjax.com
Report finds '9 Nasty Threats' to NE Florida's coasts, waterways
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Jonathan Stacey - Meteorologist
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Florida’s coasts and waterways are at a crossroads, according to a report out this month from Ocean Conservancy. The Washington D.C.-based environmental group is uncovering the cr…
View full article analysis
TCPalm
Corps tough call: Poison coast or flood Glades?
Published Feb 19, 2019 by Tyler Treadway
STUART — In two sessions spreading over more than six hours, the message to the Army Corps of Engineers was loud and clear: Consider our health when you operate Lake Okeechobee. "The Army Corps has be…
View full article analysis
WTXL ABC 27
Tallahassee leaders commit to convert to 100 percent clean energy
Published Feb 20, 2019
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - The City of Tallahassee is committing to transitioning to 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2050. Wednesday evening, the Tallahassee City Commission unanimously approv…
View full article analysis
TCPalm
No John's Island wastewater effluent pipe in the lagoon
Published Feb 18, 2019 by Paul Fafeita
We're all well aware of the seemingly endless string of already-existing environmental threats to our Indian River Lagoon. Now, John's Island Water Management Inc., the private water utility exclusive…
View full article analysis
NBC2
'March Against Mosaic' held against company strip-mining in Florida
Published Feb 17, 2019 by Alex Howard
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - After both blue-green algae and red tide plagued Southwest Florida for much of last summer, conditions have improved, but the protests for clean water continue. On Saturday, more t…
View full article analysis
Daytona Beach News Journal
OUR VIEW: The red tide, and the green
Published Feb 22, 2019
Tourism-related numbers — including dollars and cents — made clear the depth and breadth of the impacts of red tide. This editorial was adapted from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Red tide is gone — for …
View full article analysis
TCPalm
Lake Okeechobee discharges to start Saturday, last three weeks, Army Corps announced
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Ed Killer
CLOSE Jordon Beckler talks about the Navocean Nav2 on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, an autonomous sailboat to be used for monitoring algae in Lake Okeechobee. Eric Hasert, eric.hasert@tcpalm.com The U.S. Arm…
View full article analysis
Naples Daily News
FGCU plans to use building for water research FGCU plans to hire six water experts and use an off-campus building for water research. Education | 5 hours ago
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Thyrie Bland
CLOSE Florida Gulf Coast University opened its doors Aug. 25, 1997. /The News-Press and Andrew West/The News-Press When Florida Gulf Coast University opened its Emergent Technology Institute in 2016, …
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TCPalm
Shake-up at SFWMD offers hope for our waterways
Published Feb 21, 2019 by Eve Samples
View full article analysis
The News-Press
Panther depredations cause concern for SWFL pet and livestock owners
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Fort Myers News-Press
CLOSE Jenn Cooper, of Golden Gate Estates, spotted a panther in her backyard, took video and shared it via Facebook Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. Jenn Cooper - Monarch Farms Naples, FL, Fort Myers News-Press…
View full article analysis
The News-Press
Wildlife officials want more mechanical harvesting, fewer chemicals applied to lakes, rivers
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Chad Gillis, Fort Myers News-Press
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission met this week and discussed a current spraying moratorium the agency enacted earlier this month. …
View full article analysis
The News-Press
Hurricane Irma was wake-up call on climate change for many Southwest Floridians, new Conservancy of Southwest Florida survey shows
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Amy Bennett Williams
Three quarters of Southwest Floridians believe climate change is happening, and most worry about it, according to a pioneering survey released Wednesday by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Althou…
View full article analysis
www.floridaphoenix.com
Groups ask court to block Trump-issued permits to harm thousands of Atlantic marine creatures
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Julie Hauserman -
Saying that the Trump administration’s approval for five corporations to conduct loud underwater blasting to find oil and gas along the Atlantic seaboard will “irreparably harm marine species from tin…
View full article analysis
floridapolitics.com
Budget time: Jimmy Patronis, FWC outline next fiscal year’s needs
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Danny Mcauliffe
Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is asking lawmakers to consider funding a nearly $29 million upgrade to the state’s accounting and cash management system. The project was one of a few presented…
View full article analysis
Ocala.com
Red tide is gone in Florida, state says
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Carlos R. Munoz
Red tide is gone in Florida, state says Carlos R. Munoz Staff Writer @readcarlos Thursday Feb 21, 2019 at 4:11 PM Feb 21, 2019 at 4:12 PM A prediction for potential red tide in summer and fall will be…
View full article analysis
cleanenergy.org
Florida Power & Light Drags State to Bottom of Efficiency Rankings
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Forest Bradley-Wright
The following is the fourth in a series of in-depth posts looking at energy efficiency achievements and missed opportunities for Southeastern states and utilities, as documented in SACE’s recently pub…
View full article analysis
Baylor University Magazine
Protecting Paradise Protecting Paradise, a focus on environmental issues in SWFL WFTX Digital Team 11:23 AM, Feb 19, 2019
Published Feb 19, 2019 by WFTX Digital Team
Many of us live in Southwest Florida because of the climate, the water and the wide access to natural areas. Our quality of life and economy depends on a healthy and vibrant environment. Lately, the h…
View full article analysis
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-everglades-oil-drilling-opponents-20190219-story.html
Local 10 News (ABC)
https://www.local10.com/news/florida/broward/local-leaders-clean-energy-activists-unite-against-plan-to-drill-for-oil-in-everglades
WLRN Public Radio
http://www.wlrn.org/post/not-here-not-now-not-everglades-wetland-conservationists-call-no-oil-drilling
WSVN Channel 7
https://wsvn.com/news/local/protesters-fight-to-stop-oil-drilling-plans-in-florida-everglades/Earthjustice FL Media Report 2/22/2019
Politico
Email: Netflix preparing an unflattering look at Big Sugar
Published Feb 22, 2019 by MATT DIXON
TALLAHASSEE - A Netflix series focusing on food industry “corruption” is preparing an episode on sugar, one of Florida’s largest and most politically powerful special interests The episode is being pu…
View full article analysis
The Business Journals
Judge to rule if JEA's net-metering cuts are constitutional
Published Feb 21, 2019 by Will Robinson
Home solar advocates asked a judge in a motion filed Wednesday to decide if JEA is breaking state law. The advocate groups argue that when JEA changed the way it pays for home-generated power last yea…
View full article analysis
Sun Sentinel
Florida back in fight to block oil drilling in Everglades
Published Feb 21, 2019 by David Fleshler
A plan for oil drilling in the Everglades ran into a major obstacle Wednesday, when the state of Florida went to court to stop it and promised to assist local governments in their own fight against th…
View full article analysis
The New York Times
Miami Battles Rising Seas
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Ban Ki-moon and Francis Suarez
Kevin Hagen for The New York Times Climate change is not a distant threat for Miami; it’s a daily presence in people’s lives. The city has been fighting to stay above water for decades. It knows that …
View full article analysis
Fox News
Two endangered Florida panthers found dead just days apart, wildlife officials say
Published Feb 21, 2019 by Madeline Farber
The two Florida panthers were found dead just days apart. (iStock) Two Florida panthers were found dead days apart from each other, state wildlife officials said. Officials with the Florida Fish and W…
View full article analysis
solarindustrymag.com
Community Solar Legislation Introduced In Florida
Published Feb 21, 2019 by Betsy Lillian
Florida State Sen. Lori Berman, D-Delray Beach, has introduced a bill that would establish a community solar program in Florida. Under S.B.1156, electric customers in Florida could purchase, lease or …
View full article analysis
NBC News
Toxic red tide in Florida not detected in waters
Published Feb 22, 2019
Breaking News Email An organism that has generated a toxic red tide in Florida waters since 2017, causing health issues in residents and killing thousands of sea life, is no longer being detected, the…
View full article analysis
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Red tide: Marco Rubio visits Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Zac Anderson
Political Editor @zacjanderson Friday Feb 22, 2019 at 1:43 PM Feb 22, 2019 at 2:14 PM Senator discusses threats including algae blooms. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio stopped by Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquari…
View full article analysis
Miami Herald
After firing former board members, DeSantis names four to water management district
Published Feb 21, 2019
Florida’s new governor named four more South Florida water managers on Thursday, a week after former members held a final, angry meeting criticizing the new administration’s house-cleaning that swept …
View full article analysis
Orlando Sentinel
Lake County commissioners should say no to Green Swamp development | Commentary
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Lauren Ritchie
A proposal is before county commissioners to allow a 29-home subdivision inside the Green Swamp, the main way that the Floridan Aquifer gets recharged and you, the lucky human living on the surface, g…
View full article analysis
Sun Sentinel
Rep. Castor to DeSantis: Make Florida a national leader in building a clean energy economy | Opinion
Published Feb 20, 2019 by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, Susan Glickman
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, who was recently selected to chair the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, knows full well the threat posed to Florida by climate change. Now she has rallied her colleagues…
View full article analysis
Sun Sentinel
Everglades oil drilling opponents call on Gov. DeSantis to stop it
Published Feb 19, 2019 by David Fleshler
A proposal to drill for oil in the Everglades was attacked by politicians and environmentalists Tuesday, as they urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to step in and stop it. At a news conference at Everglades Holi…
View full article analysis
www.yourjax.com
DeSantis, Cabinet look at $2.54M in land buys
Published Feb 19, 2019 by ws4
DeSantis, Cabinet look at $2.54M in land buys…
View full article analysis
www.yourjax.com
Report finds '9 Nasty Threats' to NE Florida's coasts, waterways
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Jonathan Stacey - Meteorologist
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Florida’s coasts and waterways are at a crossroads, according to a report out this month from Ocean Conservancy. The Washington D.C.-based environmental group is uncovering the cr…
View full article analysis
TCPalm
Corps tough call: Poison coast or flood Glades?
Published Feb 19, 2019 by Tyler Treadway
STUART — In two sessions spreading over more than six hours, the message to the Army Corps of Engineers was loud and clear: Consider our health when you operate Lake Okeechobee. "The Army Corps has be…
View full article analysis
WTXL ABC 27
Tallahassee leaders commit to convert to 100 percent clean energy
Published Feb 20, 2019
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - The City of Tallahassee is committing to transitioning to 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2050. Wednesday evening, the Tallahassee City Commission unanimously approv…
View full article analysis
TCPalm
No John's Island wastewater effluent pipe in the lagoon
Published Feb 18, 2019 by Paul Fafeita
We're all well aware of the seemingly endless string of already-existing environmental threats to our Indian River Lagoon. Now, John's Island Water Management Inc., the private water utility exclusive…
View full article analysis
NBC2
'March Against Mosaic' held against company strip-mining in Florida
Published Feb 17, 2019 by Alex Howard
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - After both blue-green algae and red tide plagued Southwest Florida for much of last summer, conditions have improved, but the protests for clean water continue. On Saturday, more t…
View full article analysis
Daytona Beach News Journal
OUR VIEW: The red tide, and the green
Published Feb 22, 2019
Tourism-related numbers — including dollars and cents — made clear the depth and breadth of the impacts of red tide. This editorial was adapted from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Red tide is gone — for …
View full article analysis
TCPalm
Lake Okeechobee discharges to start Saturday, last three weeks, Army Corps announced
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Ed Killer
CLOSE Jordon Beckler talks about the Navocean Nav2 on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, an autonomous sailboat to be used for monitoring algae in Lake Okeechobee. Eric Hasert, eric.hasert@tcpalm.com The U.S. Arm…
View full article analysis
Naples Daily News
FGCU plans to use building for water research FGCU plans to hire six water experts and use an off-campus building for water research. Education | 5 hours ago
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Thyrie Bland
CLOSE Florida Gulf Coast University opened its doors Aug. 25, 1997. /The News-Press and Andrew West/The News-Press When Florida Gulf Coast University opened its Emergent Technology Institute in 2016, …
View full article analysis
TCPalm
Shake-up at SFWMD offers hope for our waterways
Published Feb 21, 2019 by Eve Samples
View full article analysis
The News-Press
Panther depredations cause concern for SWFL pet and livestock owners
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Fort Myers News-Press
CLOSE Jenn Cooper, of Golden Gate Estates, spotted a panther in her backyard, took video and shared it via Facebook Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. Jenn Cooper - Monarch Farms Naples, FL, Fort Myers News-Press…
View full article analysis
The News-Press
Wildlife officials want more mechanical harvesting, fewer chemicals applied to lakes, rivers
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Chad Gillis, Fort Myers News-Press
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission met this week and discussed a current spraying moratorium the agency enacted earlier this month. …
View full article analysis
The News-Press
Hurricane Irma was wake-up call on climate change for many Southwest Floridians, new Conservancy of Southwest Florida survey shows
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Amy Bennett Williams
Three quarters of Southwest Floridians believe climate change is happening, and most worry about it, according to a pioneering survey released Wednesday by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Althou…
View full article analysis
www.floridaphoenix.com
Groups ask court to block Trump-issued permits to harm thousands of Atlantic marine creatures
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Julie Hauserman -
Saying that the Trump administration’s approval for five corporations to conduct loud underwater blasting to find oil and gas along the Atlantic seaboard will “irreparably harm marine species from tin…
View full article analysis
floridapolitics.com
Budget time: Jimmy Patronis, FWC outline next fiscal year’s needs
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Danny Mcauliffe
Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is asking lawmakers to consider funding a nearly $29 million upgrade to the state’s accounting and cash management system. The project was one of a few presented…
View full article analysis
Ocala.com
Red tide is gone in Florida, state says
Published Feb 22, 2019 by Carlos R. Munoz
Red tide is gone in Florida, state says Carlos R. Munoz Staff Writer @readcarlos Thursday Feb 21, 2019 at 4:11 PM Feb 21, 2019 at 4:12 PM A prediction for potential red tide in summer and fall will be…
View full article analysis
cleanenergy.org
Florida Power & Light Drags State to Bottom of Efficiency Rankings
Published Feb 20, 2019 by Forest Bradley-Wright
The following is the fourth in a series of in-depth posts looking at energy efficiency achievements and missed opportunities for Southeastern states and utilities, as documented in SACE’s recently pub…
View full article analysis
Baylor University Magazine
Protecting Paradise Protecting Paradise, a focus on environmental issues in SWFL WFTX Digital Team 11:23 AM, Feb 19, 2019
Published Feb 19, 2019 by WFTX Digital Team
Many of us live in Southwest Florida because of the climate, the water and the wide access to natural areas. Our quality of life and economy depends on a healthy and vibrant environment. Lately, the h…
View full article analysis
