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Tag: Florida Legislature
Tell Florida lawmakers to protect our quality of life
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board If we asked you why you chose to make Florida your home, many of ...
Florida needs a constitutional right to clean water to cleanse our polluted waters and protect us from our state legislators
By Joseph Bonasia, Florida Rights of Nature Network I had never seen anything like it when it comes to petition-gathering: ...
What is Florida’s plan for the next hurricane season?
By Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board Hurricane season officially ended Nov. 30. Thank goodness. Tampa Bay got lucky again — ...
Gov. DeSantis should veto water projects that are ‘turkeys’ and waste taxpayer money
By Peter Barile, Marine Research & Consulting Gov. Ron DeSantis has received a record $112 billion budget from the 2022 ...
Good and bad climate news from the Florida Legislature
By Rosemary O’Hara The Republicans who run Florida don’t utter the words “climate change,” but that’s not to say they’re ...
Here’s what the Legislature can do to change Florida’s worrisome climate future
By Dawn Shirreffs Florida lawmakers have three big opportunities to change the trajectory of Florida’s future and mitigate the impacts ...
Florida should warn swimmers when there’s poop in the water
By Howard Simon, Clean Okeechobee Waters Foundation The Florida Legislature has had a tough time maneuvering through the politics of ...
The Florida Legislature should provide the money to rescue and treat the state’s beleaguered manatees
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker, Florida Conservation Florida’s manatee population is on the cusp of collapse, and we risk losing ...
An attack on solar net metering threatens Florida’s disadvantaged communities
By Lewis Jennings, NAACP Florida State Conference High energy bills are a persistent monthly burden for everyone, but it weighs ...