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Rachel Harris of WEDO reports from Rio + 20
06/21/12 Marhy GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: environment, women, reproductive rights
Rachel Harris of the Women's Environmental Organization (WEDO) reports from Rio+20 conference in Brazil. She expressed her concerns with some of the issues in the working documents (arrived at in secret in closed meetings). She was particularly upset with the lack of mention of women 's reproductive rights being necessary for sustainability and the lack of indigenous concerns again over sustainability. Rachel felt the concerns and the solutions for the environment were being "corporately" d...
Be the first to commentNew electric vehicle charging stations installed in St. Petersburg listen
05/09/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: energy conservation, environment, electric vehicles, St. Pete, USFSP, USF, charging stations
Several electric vehicle charging stations have recently opened in St. Petersburg. Two charging stations are open at the University of South Florida’s St. Petersburg campus and ten other stations have opened throughout downtown and the Grand Central district.
Now electric vehicle motorists can charge their cars for free in St. Pete. The installation of the new charging stations creates opportunities for residents to use alternate energy sources instead of fossil fuels as a way to promote ...
Be the first to commentTampa City Council passes update to summertime fertilizer restrictions listen
04/20/12 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Water, Fertilizer, Environment
Tampa has an ordinance that restricts the sale and use of fertilizer during the summer months to cut down on water pollution. Thursday the council unanimously made minor changes to that ordinance.
The city council chamber was full of citizens and members of interest groups wearing pink stickers. The stickers reminded the council that they agree with the fertilizer ordinance and that it shouldn’t be watered down. The ordinance is intended to inhi...
Be the first to commentSarasota County promotes environmental awareness about Florida’s seagrass meadows listen
03/28/12 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: environment, beaches, Sarasota County Beaches, Conservation, seagrass
Environmentally engaged volunteers are acquainting the public to the importance of Florida’s unique animals and plants. At an event for seagrass Awareness Month in Siesta Key, organizers said protecting and preserving Florida’s coastal regions starts at the grassroots level.
The volunteers, calling themselves, “beach ambassadors,” have adopted a simple goal. They serve residents who are interested in knowing more about ...
Be the first to commentSea level rise expected to impact Tampa Bay area listen
03/15/12 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: climate change, environment, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, sea level rise
Scientists predict that because of warming oceans and melting glaciers, sea levels will continue to rise, threatening coastal cities and habitats. On Wednesday environmental and planning groups held a workshop in St. Pete Beach on the coming effects of sea level rise on the Tampa Bay area.
The Florida Nature Conservancy held the meeting in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Estuary Program and the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. The workshop presented the findings from studies looking at ...
Be the first to commentVolunteers install man-made oyster reefs in Tampa Bay listen
03/09/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Bay Watch, oyster reef, Conservation, environment, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay Water
Oyster habitats benefit the overall Tampa Bay estuary. A group of volunteers and a local nonprofit are creating structures for new oyster communities to thrive in the Bay near Riverview. The group bagged more than 8.5 tons of fossilized shells at the Shultz Nature Preserve today.
About 50 volunteers arrived at Williams Park boat ramp this morning at 9:00, ready to provide helping hands to create new man-made oyster beds. Volunteers were from a range of ages, with a mix of first time volun...
Be the first to commentGreenpeace ship brings message opposing dirty coal to St. Pete listen
02/27/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Greenpeace, Rainbow Warrior, environment, environmental activist, Progress Energy, coal, mercury
A brand new ship built for Greenpeace with sustainability in mind stopped off in St. Petersburg this weekend. The crew of the Rainbow Warrior III is on their maiden voyage to Rio de Janeiro to combat environmental crimes like illegal timber harvesting in the Amazon. But during their stay at the Port of St. Petersburg, Greenpeace spokesperson David Pomerantz welco...
Be the first to commentExperts discuss New York State Attorney's fracking lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers listen
02/17/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Stetson University College of Law, Hydrofracking, Fracking, EPA, environment, pollution, drilling
Hydrofracking is the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock under the Earth’s surface. The New York State Attorney General is bringing charges against the Army Corps of Engineers to crack down on the lack of regulation of the process known as fracking. Two of the main players spoke about the lawsuit to students, faculty and members of the public at Stetson Law yesterday.
Mauricio Roma is a geologist who works on the case fo...
Be the first to commentSaving Sarasota Watershed from sea level rise and stormwater; preserving economy listen
02/17/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Sarasota, Sarasota watershed, Sarasota Bay, environmental lands, environment
Sarasota’s rapidly changing population makes it difficult to keep up with preserving its watershed. At a three-day symposium that concluded today, professionals in different fields reviewed ways to pick up the pace for the county’s biggest attractor.
The threat of sea level rise has environmentalists worried about damage to homes, roadways, and anything else along coastal areas. Sarasota’s fresh water habitats could also be contaminated by encroaching...
Be the first to commentTwo years after the BP spill, how does oil drilling sit with Florida voters on eve of GOP primary? listen
01/30/12 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP oil spill, environment, santorum, oil drilling, GOP primary
It's been less than two years since the BP oil spill gushed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in One of the worst environmental disasters in US history. As Republican voters in Florida decide tomorrow which of the GOP candidates they prefer as their presidential nominee, we look at the candidates’ stances on gulf oil drilling and whether the BP oil spill still weighs heavily in the minds of voters in the sunshine state.
Last week, The U.S. Department of the Interior announ...
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