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How will key senators vote on a climate bill?

George LeMieux (R-Fla.) 0
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago New Sen. George LeMieux has yet to vote on any key legislation that might give us clues as to whether he would support the Kerry-Boxer climate bill. He said after his appointment that he would want to study specific climate legislation before coming down on one side or the other, while also stressing that the nation needs to "move toward renewable energy,” which he said includes nuclear power.
the perils of mixing oil and water

Sen. Landrieu’s plan to export Louisiana’s coastal destruction to Florida 2
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
While Louisiana struggles to restore coastal wetlands ravaged in large part by decades of oil and gas drilling, its senior senator is leading the effort to lift the ban on drilling off Florida's Panhandle.
tasty tariffs

North American feed-in tariff policies take off 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Clean energy advocates in Europe have long considered the feed-in tariff as an antidote to the industrial world's fossil fuel dependency. Now, the United States and Canada are starting to catch on as well.
Searching for that long lost barrel of oil

Florida’s beaches now threatened by offshore drilling 1
Posted 5 months ago
In a disappointing move, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee gave its blessing for offshore drilling in Florida last week, potentially opening Florida’s coasts to oil and gas development.
Your Crist is on my list

Crist, a green-leaning moderate Republican, is running for U.S. Senate 2
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who has declared his candidacy for U.S. Senate, cares about climate change and hates coal.
Hizzoner's Progress

15 green-leaning mayors 17
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Global warming is a global problem -- but there ain't no global solution. That's why mayors across the U.S. are taking matters into their own hands.
Sunny City Up

America’s first solar city, from a former NFL player 7
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
A Florida developer announced plans to build a 19,000-home solar-powered city near Fort Meyers, the housing collapse be damned.
Myth: Democrats support good climate policy and Republicans oppose it 13
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Energy and climate scramble the usual left-right political divisions. Many of the big fights are not among parties but among regions and levels of government.
Checking out the scene in the nation’s industrial-tomato capital 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
West Antarctic ice-sheet collapse means more catastrophe for U.S. coasts 5
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Poll shows more Americans do not believe global warming is result of man-made activity 14
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Florida PSC votes to establish a state renewable portfolio standard 0
Posted 10 months, 1 week ago
Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez says he won’t run again in 2010 0
Posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Come Over Here, Sweet Thing

Competing offer for U.S. Sugar complicates Everglades restoration plan 3
Posted 12 months ago
And You Know You Should Be Glade

Florida scales down U.S. Sugar buyout in Everglades 3
Posted 1 year ago
Florida governor backs conservation ballot initiative 1
Posted 1 year ago
A 50 percent GHG cut by 2025 will save Florida $28 billion 1
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Florida’s Action Team on Energy and Climate Change unveils full plan to halt warming 3
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Florida to release tough climate action plan 0
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Nestle flexes its muscles at Miami water utility 3
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago