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Florida gulf oil blowout
05/08/10 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Riki Ott, who holds a PhD in marine biology with an expertise in oil pollution and a former commercial fisher-woman, discussed the recent explosion and continuing leakage of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Ott is the author of Not One Drop, which discusses her experience of living and fishing in the straits of Alaska before, during, and after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Riki with her academic and personal experience is in a unique position to observe and give ad...
Be the first to commentThe ultrasound bill
05/08/10 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Barbara Zdravecky, the executive director of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, discussed HB 1143 which forces physicians to perform ultrasounds and forces women to listen to the description of the ultrasound. This bill was never vetted through a committee nor allowed to be open to public comment.
Planned Parenthood is urging people to become informed and notify Governor Crist at 850/488-4441 or fax him at 850/487-0801 or Email Charli...
Be the first to commentKris Radish
05/08/10 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Kris Radish, the author of six published works including The Shortest Distance Between Two Women, discussed her latest work Hearts on a String.
Kris, who now resides in Florida, delved into the emotions of five very different women who are thrown together by chance and bad weather in Tampa,Florida and find they have more in common then they ever could have imagined.
Be the first to commentRichard Heinberg on Peak Oil listen
05/07/10 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill, peak oil
This week WMNF has been speaking to leading figures in the field of Peak Oil and asking them to add context to the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. WMNF spoke with Richard Heinberg on the implications of the spill and the future of deep sea oil drilling.
Be the first to commentBP Oil blowout has Florida’s Nature Coast nervous listen
05/07/10 Tom BaurWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cedar Key, fisheries, BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill
Hundreds of thousands of gallons of black gold gush unabated daily since BP’s Horizon Discovery Oil rig blew up near New Orleans.
WMNF reports from Cedar Key on Florida's Nature Coast.
Cedar Key Mayor Sue Colson is mad as heck over the lack of communication she has seen from BP Oil and Federal officials.
Mayor Colson’s city has endured many disasters in its time: the No-Name storm of '93, the banning of net fishing in '95 and the disappearance of the Shrimp fleet. But nothing co...
Be the first to commentBehind "Drill, Baby, Drill" listen
05/07/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Keith Fitzgerald, drill baby Drill, BP oil spill, Charlie Crist
Today, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said the Gulf oil spill makes it impossible to pass climate legislation. The bill is ostensibly aimed at curbing carbon emissions. Graham said there aren't nearly the 60 votes needed to pass it because of a provision for extended offshore drilling.
That law would have dealt with U.S. waters, but the idea of drilling off [Florida](h...
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05/07/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, Gulf Oil Spill, BP oil spill, BP, USF St. Petersburg, NOAA
In order to respond to effects on the West Coast of Florida from the BP oil blowout, federal, state and local agencies have established an incident command post in St. Petersburg. Representatives from BP, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Coast Guard, are among the groups stationed at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute on the campu...
Be the first to commentSt Petersburg Alcohol Sales Extended One Hour listen
05/06/10 Arielle StevensonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: wmnf, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg City Council, Leslie Curran, Herb Polson, Jeff Danner, Bill Foster, economic stimulus, economy
St. Petersburg’s one hundred or more bars and restaurants can keep bar tabs going until three in the morning, thanks to a vote by the city council today. The ordinance to allow sales of alcoholic beverages from 2 a.m. until 3 a.m. passed in a 6-2 vote. Supporters of the ordinance spoke about the increase in revenue and better competition with Tampa. Duffy Iorio has bartended in downtown St. Petersbu...
Be the first to commentVeterans from Operation Free want less dependence on foreign oil listen
05/06/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: climate change, climate, Iran, military, veterans
A small group of military veterans is traveling the country and taking out television ads to convince Americans to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Robin Eckstein and Matt Victoriano from Operation Free are in Tampa to stress how climate change threatens national security.
Be the first to commentTwo state legislators urge special session on drilling ban listen
05/06/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Kriseman, Keith Fitzgerald, Barack Obama, BP oil spill, Bill McCollum, Alex Sink, Charlie Crist
Today, two state lawmakers urged the governor to hold a special session to get a constitutional amendment on November’s ballot banning offshore drilling in state waters. But despite the timing of the proposal, the pro-drilling camp might still flex its muscle.
They couldn’t have picked a better time and place for such an announcement. The late morning sun and breeze were gentle on the grounds of the Trade Winds Resort in [St. Pete Beach](http://www.stpetebeach.o...
Be the first to commentOrganizing For America supports Obama's Wall Street reform plans
05/06/10 Robert LoreiAlan Watts
Tags: Wall street bailout, credit default swaps, Organizing for America, Ashley Walker
Coming up today we'll hear from Ashley Walker, who is the state director of Organizing For America. Today the group held a series of demonstrations showing support for President Obama's plan for Wall Street reform.
The group says it's aims are to create strong consumer protections and to ensure that taxpayers will never again have to bail out Wall Street.
She joins us now to talk about what exactly is being debated in Washington.
Be the first to commentDigital billboards closer to reality in Tampa listen
05/06/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: digital billboards, Tampa City Council, Mary Mulhern, John Dingfelder, Linda Saul-Sena
Digital billboards are one step closer to reality in Tampa. This morning, City Council passed a digital-billboard ordinance on first reading. Only two members voted against it, including Mary Mulhern, who wants the city to wait until after a safety study is released.
Be the first to comment*This is much better than what it could have been, but it still — I don't think, there's no public benefit from this decision today. I don't think there'...
Hills BOCC suports resident Gandy bypass opposition listen
05/05/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ken Hagan, Gandy Bridge, Rose Ferlita, Hillsborough County Commission
Today, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners voted to support efforts to stop a South Tampa road project many residents say they don’t want. The state wants to connect the Selmon Crosstown Expressway to the Gandy Bridge using an elevated roadway. Commission Chair Ken Hagan put the item on the agenda.
Be the first to comment*Essentially the residents' and businesses' concerns that they have there range from aesthetic degradation an...
Hills. BOCC opposes expanded oil drilling listen
05/05/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP oil spill, Kevin Beckner, Rose Ferlita, Mark Sharpe, Sierra Club, Phil Compton, Bev Griffiths, Ken Hagan, Al Higginbotham, Jim Norman, Jim Barnes
Today, the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution that opposes expanded offshore oil drilling. Earlier in the day, commissioners heard from several environmental activists, including Phil Compton of the Sierra Club, who said a smaller spill in the Timor Sea late last year shows that no amount of drilling is acceptable.
Be the first to comment*Well, ac...
Nelson says BP might not pay full economic damage of its oil leak listen
05/05/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill
BP has reportedly begun to continually spray oil dispersant at the site of the Deepwater Horizon well blowout at an unprecedented depth. That the impact of these chemicals is not well known, but they could be hazardous.
Since the April 20 blast sent millions of gallons of oil gushing into the gulf, BP has unloaded at least 372,000 gallons of dispersant into the water. Researchers say the effec...
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