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Tag: Florida Legislature
Industrial redlining: Data centers repeating historic pattern of harm
Hyperscale and large-scale data center proposals are now active in at least eight Florida counties.
Florida’s Legislature is dismantling the popular Florida Forever program
Since 2000, Florida Forever has protected over 1 million acres identified for their natural and cultural significance.
Florida has a new law regulating AI data centers
The law requires AI data centers to pay for their own utilities but doesn’t ban disclosure agreements.
Local community planning has a double standard in Florida
The 2026 Legislature’s record on data centers is different than its record on community planning.
Florida state senator wants to rewrite growth management laws
Ocala Republican Sen. Stan McClain joked that he’s become a ‘Darth Vader' to local governments.
Blocking net-zero pollution policies is dangerous for Floridians
HB 1217 blocks net-zero policies to cut climate pollution, even when those policies protect public health.
Florida’s land conservation strategy is being rewritten — and nature will pay the price
The Florida Legislature doesn't need to choose between protecting nature or agriculture in the budget.
The emerging danger of post-hurricane heat waves
Power failures from hurricanes followed by heat waves are creating increasingly hazardous risks to health
Florida’s regulation of utilities is tilted toward shareholders, not ratepayers
Florida’s regulatory process makes outcomes like FPL's highest-in-the-nation profit margin almost inevitable.