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Knowing as little as possible: a candidate competition Thompson and Romney quibble over oil drilling in the Everglades	Brian Beutler	20 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Here's a fun game for campaign reporters: Ask Fred Thompson questions. The results are often hilarious: Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson seemed taken by surprise when asked Tuesday about oil drilling in the Everglades, apparently unaware it's been a major Florida issue. Before answering, he laughed at the question. 'Gosh, no one has told me that there's any major reserves in the Everglades, but maybe that's one of the things I need to learn whi ...
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
A 'speculative 15,000 square foot mansion in Manalapan, Fla., will be the first home of its size to be certified green by the U.S. Green Building Council and the Florida Green Building Council.' Is that a good idea for USGBC? That's my question to you. Obviously people are going to build big homes -- and it is better if they have green features. But should USGBC single out such 'eco-mansions' for positive recognition? On the big side, the mansion has: ... ei ...
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
In order to deal with the constant erosion of Florida's beaches, one county has decided to stop building outrageously expensive real estate so close to the water's edge it practically begs nature to destroy it. Ha, ha. Just kidding. Actually they're looking into replenishing beaches with recycled beer bottles, crushed, of course, into tiny sand-size particles. I bet I know what Annie Lennox would say about this ...
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
At the behest of the U.S. delegation, the U.N. World Heritage Committee is taking Everglades National Park off its list of endangered sites, against the advice of the committee's science advisors and the advice of the U.S. National Park Service. Who is the head of the U.S. delegation? Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior Todd Willens. Who is Todd Willens? Former legislative director for Rep. Dick Pombo, former policy director of the House Resources Committe ...
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)

Glade Runners Florida utilities commission rejects Everglades-area coal plant		06 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Glade Runners Florida utilities commission rejects Everglades-area coal plant The Florida utilities commission voted unanimously yesterday to reject a proposal for building the nation's largest coal-burning power plant there. The $5.7 billion project, put forth by Florida Power & Light Co., was booted primarily on economic grounds. But since it would have been located near the Everglades, and was all coaly, oppon ...
Topics: coal, energy, Florida, mercury, news (all these topics)

Insurers starting to balk in climate-threatened Florida When insurers get serious about climate change, EVERYBODY gets serious about climate change	JMG	12 Apr 2007	Gristmill
United Services Automobile Association (USAA), a 'most-admired' company in many different rankings, has decided not to insure multiple homes in FL for one policyholder -- the first step in what will eventually be the revolt of the insurance companies against climate denialists (and against Florida legislators who want policyholders in other states to share the costs of insuring the damages from more intense and frequent hurricane strikes). This is great news (unless you own m ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change impacts, Florida (all these topics)

Grist for the Military Navy divers clean up coastal messes		12 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Grist for the Military Navy divers clean up coastal messes Navy divers are the latest crazy hippies clamoring to clean up coastal messes. For problems too expensive or vast for civilian government agencies to handle, military divers provide cutting-edge technology and finely tuned abilities -- and in turn, they get to sharpen their diving skillz. This summer, Army and Navy divers helped collect tons of ol ...
Topics: Florida, Hawaii, news, oceans, US Army, US Navy (all these topics)

We Must, We Must, We Must Increase Our Dust Saharan dust may decrease effect of Atlantic hurricanes		11 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
We Must, We Must, We Must Increase Our Dust Saharan dust may decrease effect of Atlantic hurricanes Thick clouds of dust rising up from the Sahara Desert are linked to less frequent Atlantic hurricanes, says a new study in Geophysical Research Letters. Studying satellite data from 1981 to the present, American researchers noted that dust clouds were scarce in years with intense hurricane activity ...
Topics: Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, desertification, Florida, news (all these topics)

All You Need Is Guv Governors' races along Eastern seaboard could lead to big environmental gains	Amanda Griscom Little	10 Oct 2006	Muckraker
While the Mark Foley mess has everyone's attention riveted on the fast-changing congressional landscape, enviros should also keep an eye on gubernatorial races this November. "The state level is where all the truly positive environmental action has been happening in recent years," says Tony Massaro, senior vice president for political affairs with t ...
Topics: elections, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Muckraker, New York, Pennsylvania, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Bird Mentality New sightings of ivory-billed woodpecker in Florida		26 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Bird Mentality New sightings of ivory-billed woodpecker in Florida Bird researchers have spotted ivory-billed woodpeckers 14 times in the past 18 months in a remote area of the Florida panhandle -- on some occasions, two at the same time -- according to a report in the Canadian online journal Avian Conservation and Ecology. The team of scientists also made some 300 sound recordings of the woodpeckers, fou ...
Topics: Florida, logging, news, North Carolina, wildlife (all these topics)

Mopping Up the Florida Activists hope Florida gubernatorial candidates will prioritize oceans		13 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Mopping Up the Florida Activists hope Florida gubernatorial candidates will prioritize oceans Fed up with mediocre oceans management from Gov. Jeb Bush (R), Florida activists are urging gubernatorial candidates Jim Davis (D) and Charlie Crist (R) to make the deep blue sea a priority. Yesterday, 20 environmental, recreational, and civic groups released a report with recommendations for curbing coastal developmen ...
Topics: elections, Florida, news, oceans, politics (all these topics)

Gator Aid Florida's biggest conservation land buy also opens way for new development		01 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Gator Aid Florida's biggest conservation land buy also opens way for new development Florida's biggest-ever land purchase, 74,000 acres of wild land bought by the state for over $350 million, comes with a catch -- 17,000 acres of adjoining property will belong to developer Syd Kitson, who plans to build a new city. Some environmental groups applaud the deal: The purchase will preserve as wilderness about 80 percent of ...
Topics: Florida, news, Sierra Club, wildlife (all these topics)

It'll Coast Ya Senate hammers out compromise on offshore drilling		13 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
It'll Coast Ya Senate hammers out compromise on offshore drilling GOP leaders in the Senate unveiled a compromise yesterday that would allow offshore oil and gas drilling in the eastern and southern Gulf of Mexico, but protect waters within 125 miles of the Florida coast until 2022 and keep the drilling ban that's been in place in most of the rest of the country's offshore waters. Hoping to attract mo ...
Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics)

Safe in Sound Puget Sound orcas gain more protection; Florida manatees downlisted to threatened		12 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Safe in Sound Puget Sound orcas gain more protection; Florida manatees downlisted to threatened Ninety endangered orcas in the Northwest may soon swim easier, as the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed Friday to designate nearly the entire Puget Sound -- about 2,500 square miles of water -- critical orca habitat. The usual suspects took the usual sides: developers o ...
Topics: Florida, marine life, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Northwest, oceans (all these topics)

Man Hatin' Transfer EPA declines to regulate polluted water transfers		02 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Man Hatin' Transfer EPA declines to regulate polluted water transfers Corporate farms and other businesses would not need to obtain a Clean Water Act permit in many water-transfer cases, under a rule proposed by the U.S. EPA yesterday. The rule would apply regardless of how polluted the water is -- but hey, corporate farming always produces clean water, right? Coincidentally, only not, the EPA proposal comes during ...
Topics: Florida, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

The Freak-Out Before the Storm Officials try to scare Americans into preparing for hurricane season		31 May 2006	Daily Grist
The Freak-Out Before the Storm Officials try to scare Americans into preparing for hurricane season As hurricane season approaches, officials in storm-prone states are determined to scare residents into being ready to take care of themselves -- because as we all saw last year, government sure ain't up to the job. Florida officials are broadcasting public service announcements with recordings of terrified ...
Topics: environmental planning, Florida, Mississippi, news (all these topics)

Fuel Me Once, Shame on You GM promotion will cap gas at $1.99 a gallon for SUV buyers		25 May 2006	Daily Grist
Fuel Me Once, Shame on You GM promotion will cap gas at $1.99 a gallon for SUV buyers In a promotion that begins today, General Motors promised to cap gasoline prices at $1.99 a gallon for a year for customers in California and Florida who purchase certain new full-size SUVs or midsize cars. That's right: if you buy a gas-guzzler from GM, they'll help pay for the gas. The refu ...
Topics: California, commercial and industry organizations, Florida, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Curses, Fideled Again U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out		09 May 2006	Daily Grist
Curses, Fideled Again U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out The U.S. has a years-old ban against offshore drilling in the Florida Straits, but it looks like the area might get drilled anyway -- by Cuba. The island country has rights to resources in half of the straits under a 1977 agreement, which President Bush renewed for two years in December. Inste ...
Topics: China, Cuba, Florida, India, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics)

Solar Eclipsed Solar providers can't keep up with growing demand		01 May 2006	Daily Grist
Solar Eclipsed Solar providers can't keep up with growing demand Solar power may not yet be ready for the big time: The current spike in oil prices is causing a surge of interest in home solar, but supply of polysilicon (the stuff solar panels are made of) is unable to keep up with demand. It used to be that only those in the semiconductor industry cared about polysilicon, but about half of this yea ...
Topics: California, energy, Florida, news, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Dirk in a Full Nelson Debate over offshore drilling may hold up Kempthorne's confirmation		10 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Dirk in a Full Nelson Debate over offshore drilling may hold up Kempthorne's confirmation A Bush administration plan to open 2 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling has created rifts in Congress and may hold up Dirk Kempthorne's confirmation as interior secretary. The sentimentally named "Area 181," south of Pensacola, Fla., is estimated to have resource c ...
Topics: Department of Interior, Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans (all these topics)

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