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Why Is the Sunshine State Slow to Adopt Solar Power?
06/13/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday)
Tags: solar energy, florida, utility companies, tax breaks, state subsidies
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Next Friday marks the longest day of the year and the first day of summer. With all that sunlight- what are we doing here in Florida to turn that into useable energy? We’re going to talk about solar energy today on Radioactivity.
But first a few words about the just completed summer fund drive. Thanks to the thousands of people who chose to donate to the drive. That part was a huge success. And thanks to the hundreds of people who volunteered their t...
Be the first to commentGun Violence Surges in Florida
05/15/13 Warren Elly with Eric Barton Florida Center for Investigative ReportingLast Call Wednesday
Tags: gun violence, gun control, Florida, mental health, background checks, gun shows
Warren Elly takes an in-depth look into the gun crisis and its presence in Florida. Listen to his discussion with investigative reporter Eric Barton.
Find transcript below:
Today… It is perhaps the single most divisive issue in America – GUNS. Driven by the slaughter of young school children, multiple public opinion polls said that Americans by a wide margin favor tougher background checks for gun ownership. A Congressional majority, perhaps persuaded by ideology or the threat of ...
Be the first to commentAuto text reader from the Florida House, Mary, talks about the legislative session
05/03/13 Janelle IrwinLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: legislative session, florida, Medicaid expansion
After the Florida House of Representatives failed to pass a measure that would expand the state's Medicaid program under the federal healthcare law, House Democrats used a parliamentary stall tactic to try to force the conversation.
Democrats asked that bills be read in their entirety on the Senate floor. That text can be hundreds of pages long. So House Republicans fired back by using an auto text reader named Mary.
Mary answers questions about Medicaid expansion and we talk about ...
Be the first to commentEnvironmental group could sue to protect two Florida species from the dangers of sea level rise listen
02/22/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: environment, Center for Biological Diversity, Florida, US Fish & Wildlife, endangered species
An environmental group hopes the threat of a lawsuit could help to protect two Florida species that face threats because of rising sea level.
Wednesday the Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not adequately protecting a bird known as the MacGillivray’s seaside sparrow and a reptile called the Florida Keys mole skink.
Jaclyn Lopez is a staff attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity’s office in St. Petersburg. ...
Be the first to commentFlorida's Vanishing Springs
11/30/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Florida, springs, White Sulphur Springs, Silver Springs, Craig Pittman, nitrates, Governor Rick Scott, Bob Graham, Alison Morano
Good morning,
Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk about Florida’s vanishing springs – once a major tourist draw they are rapidly disappearing…..
And we’ll hear from a Democratic activist from Florida who has been up in Washington DC monitoring the battle over the so-called fiscal cliff…Later we’ll open the phone lines…
First four listener comments- about health care, WalMart and upcoming program changes here at WMNF….
Earlier this week a news st...
Be the first to commentAnti-Torture Protest Planned this Weekend at Fort Benning; And Pam Iorio Looks to Improve Voting Here in Florida
11/15/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: School of the Americas, Ft. Benning, Dwight Lawton, Pedro de la Jesus, Pam Iorio, voting lines, Florida, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk about this weekend’s protest in Georgia about The School of the Americas. Later we’ll talk with former Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio who is looking at ways to solve the election problems we saw here in Florida during this year’s Presidential election. But first one listener comment about yesterday’s interview with the executive director of the Florida Cannabis Action Network. tape From November 16-18, 2012, thousands of hum...
Be the first to commentTBT Reporter Uncovers Child Abuse in Some of Florida's Religious Group Homes and Boot Camps
10/31/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: child abuse, Florida, unlicensed children's homes, Alexandra Zayas
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk with the Tampa Bay Times reporter who just wrote a three part series on extreme physical and sexual abuse at 30 religious group homes around the state. The stories are gripping in their detail…. And some of the descriptions may not be suitable for young children…..
But first two listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday we had open phones and spent most of the time talking about the electiuns… here’s ...
Be the first to commentWhat Would Amendment Three Mean to Low and Moderate Income People?
10/02/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Amendment Three, Florida, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, TABOR
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. This November Florida voters will be asked to decide the fate of eleven proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution. Today we'll talk about Amendment Three. Here's the text of the proposed amendment:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 1 and 19
ARTICLE XII, SECTION 32
STATE GOVERNMENT REVENUE LIMITATION.—This proposed amendment to the State Constitution replaces the existing state revenue limitation ...
Scientists warn Florida grasshopper sparrows on the brink of extinction listen
07/26/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: birds, endangered species, Florida
Scientists are warning that a type of sparrow native to Florida is on the brink of extinction. There is an emergency effort to save Florida grasshopper sparrows before it’s too late.
Florida grasshopper sparrows have been on the endangered species for 26 years. Dr. Reed Bowman, Director of the Avian Ecology Program at Archbold Biological Station says this subspecies has been endangered for such a long time because the vast majority of land on which it depends has disappeared.
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Agae Blooms Hurting More Florida Waterways
07/25/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: slime, algae, Florida, Jim Weeks. floridapolitic.com, St. John's River, Caloosahatchee, Suwanee River
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei.
Yesterday the AP reported: "Three environmental groups sued the Army Corps of Engineers, the state and a water management district Monday over smelly, slimy green algae blooms that have been polluting the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida.
The lawsuit in U.S. District Court here alleges the corps is violating state and South Florida Water Management District regulations by diverting water that should be going into the river...
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