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Trouble in Paradise Ouster of Sierra Club's Florida leaders stirs up a storm of controversy	Emily Gertz	06 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: environmental movement, Florida, Sierra Club (all these topics)

The Clorox debacle continues Sierra Club removes leadership of its Florida chapter	Guest author	28 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, Florida, green cleaning, greenwashing, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Should we laugh or cry? Florida Power & Light on wind power	Sean Casten	13 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Florida, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

South Fla. power outage	David Roberts	26 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: electricity grid, energy, Florida, nuclear power (all these topics)

Hiss hiss hooray Reporter waxes poetic on pythons	Sarah K. Burkhalter	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Florida, national parks, wildlife (all these topics)

South Florida <del Twenty-seven yoots arrested protesting construction of <del	David Roberts	20 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, Florida, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Give and Lake Fast-growing Atlanta loses rights to major source of drinking water		06 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:27 PM on 06 Feb 2008 An 18-year water war between Georgia, Alabama, and Florida has come to an end of sorts: A federal appellate court has voided an Army Corps of Engineers agreement that would have given Georgia the rights to nearly 25 percent of federal reservoir Lake Lanier as a source of drinking water for metro Atlanta. Alabama and Florida had sued over the plan, saying it would siphon off water t ...
Topics: Alabama, Army Corps of Engineers, Florida, Georgia, news, placemaking, urban planning, water conflicts (all these topics)

Soakin' Up the Sunshine State McCain wins Florida after endorsement from pro-climate governor		29 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 8:10 PM on 29 Jan 2008 John McCain has won the Florida Republican primary, a race that pundits prophesy may decide the GOP nominee for president. Environmental issues may have played a part; McCain got a boost in the state when he was endorsed by popular and climate-conscious Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. In pre-race campaigning, McCain took heat from main rival Mitt Romney for his pro-environm ...
Topics: elections, Florida, John McCain, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Republican primary in Florida	David Roberts	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, elections, energy, Florida, John McCain, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Charlie Crist Superstar An interview with Florida's governor, a Republican climate crusader	Amanda Griscom Little	14 Jan 2008	Grist Feature
Charlie Crist. Photo:Steven Murphy/WireImage Meet Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a surprising blend of Grand Ol' Party and bleeding-heart greenie. As a Republican, he defends the Bush administration's environmental record, but he also counts among his personal heroes Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who wrote an entire book condemning Bush as "America's worst environmental pre ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, Florida, interview, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Fire in Florida Explosion at Florida chemical plant causes deaths, evacuations		19 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 1:47 PM on 19 Dec 2007 An explosion at a chemical plant that manufactures fuel additives and solvents has rocked the Jacksonville, Fla., area, forcing evacuations and causing an estimated three deaths. The blast at T2 Labs -- described by those at the scene as a "hellish inferno" and "a great ball of fire in the air" -- also knocked out two of three generating units at an electric utilit ...
Topics: Florida, insanity, news, toxics (all these topics)

McEducation Why the Happy Meals-for-good-grades scheme deserves an 'F'	Guest author	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: parenting, food, education, business, Florida (all these topics)

Not that coal has any undue advantage Coal industry sponsors another presidential debate	David Roberts	28 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, elections, energy, Florida, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Ace of Database Database on world's 50,000 power plants launched, Florida coal plant scrapped		15 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 11:17 AM on 15 Nov 2007 The Center for Global Development, a think tank in Washington, D.C., launched a database Wednesday (with maps!) containing all sorts of useful information on over 50,000 of the world's power plants, quantifying their CO2 emissions as well as the energy they produce, their locations, and more. (It's more exciting than it sounds.) For instance, power plants account for 40 ...
Topics: climate, coal, Florida, news (all these topics)

A dry eye in the House Why Bush's water-bill veto was actually a good idea	Grist	09 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Congress, dumbassery, Florida, George Bush, legislation, Louisiana, water conflicts (all these topics)

Berry Bad News EPA approves carcinogenic pesticide		08 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:45 PM on 08 Oct 2007 Just when we think the U.S. EPA might have some sense, it goes and approves a carcinogenic pesticide, ignoring scientists' warnings that "pregnant women and the fetus, children, the elderly, farmworkers, and other people living near application sites would be at serious risk." As a substitute for ozone-depleting fumigant methyl bromide, California and Florida strawberry growers and other farmers will w ...
Topics: agriculture, California, Florida, health, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Knowing as little as possible: a candidate competition Thompson and Romney quibble over oil drilling in the Everglades	Brian Beutler	20 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Florida, Mitt Romney, national parks, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Seeking reader opinions Should USGBC certify a 15,000-sq.-ft. home as green?	Joseph Romm	20 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Florida, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

Watch Out for the Sugar, Sugar Everglades still polluted, says EPA analysis		20 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 2:57 PM on 20 Sep 2007 Pollution in the Everglades remains significant despite billions of dollars spent on cleaning and restoring the park over the last decade, according to new analysis from the U.S. EPA. On the bright side, erosion has stabilized and mercury levels in the tiny mosquitofish have dropped; on the, um, not-bright side, mercury levels still accumulate in higher-up-the-food-chain fish enough to r ...
Topics: Florida, national parks, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

So that's what happened to my recycled Coronas Crushed glass may help replenish Florida beaches	Sarah van Schagen	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Florida, recycling, waste (all these topics)

Feel the Glass Between Your Toes		28 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 2:41 PM on 28 Aug 2007 Life's a beach, and then the erosion gets so bad that the sand has to be replaced by crushed glass. From the Archives Let the Doodling Begin. U.N.-initiated climate-change meeting kicks off. Says WHO? We're all gonna die. News Archives
Topics: Florida, innovation, news (all these topics)

Charlie and the Optimism Factory Florida's governor names climate panel, talks up green economy		16 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Charlie and the Optimism Factory Florida's governor names climate panel, talks up green economy Used to be the greenest thing in Florida was a golf course -- or maybe an old lady's dye job gone slightly awry. But something's happening in that sunshiny state. This week, Gov. Charlie Crist (R) followed up on an early-summer commitment by picking 21 business, community, and environmental leaders to serve on his Acti ...
Topics: business, climate, Florida, heroes, news (all these topics)

Todd Willens and the Everglades Pombo's old hack buddy, still at it	David Roberts	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Florida, national parks, politics (all these topics)

One Swamp Forward, Two Swamps Back Everglades, stripped of U.N. endangered status, may see federal funding		01 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
One Swamp Forward, Two Swamps Back Everglades, stripped of U.N. endangered status, may see federal funding The Florida Everglades may get a budgetary boost from the U.S. government, a month after being removed from the U.N. World Heritage Committee's list of endangered sites. The nearly $2 billion is part of a $21 billion national water bill expected to be passed by Congress this wee ...
Topics: biodiversity, Congress, Florida, national parks, news, United Nations (all these topics)

Crist Almighty Florida governor to enact big energy and emission plans		11 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Crist Almighty Florida governor to enact big energy and emission plans What's the greenest state in the U.S.? By Friday, it could be Florida. Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is hosting a two-day climate summit in Miami, and will wrap up the event by signing three sweeping eco-executive orders. His plans include adopting California's strict vehicle-emissions law, making Florida the first S ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Florida, news, renewable energy (all these topics)

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