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Green Cities Conference to take place next month listen
04/29/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Environment, green cities
On May 21 and 22, the Green Cities conference will take place in Orlando. Members from the state’s business, government and community leaders will take part in discussing sustainable practices and designs.
Among those who will be at the event is Tim Center, director of Sustainable Florida with the Collins Center for Public Policy. We spoke to him today about the Green Cities Conference.
1 commentsCelebrating the Green Thumb Festival listen
04/29/09 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Green Thumb Festival, environment
The 23rd Green Thumb Festival free Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration was held in Walter Fuller Park on April 25 and 26. In its 23 year, the free family festival featured 140 exhibitors and vendors, including plant diagnostic clinic, horticultural and environmental exhibits, programs and seminars highlighting ways to landscape effectively, conserve natural resources, recycle and improve the environment.
Children's events on the stage and at the Community Center included: Hands on Planet ...
Be the first to commentObama administration works to create green jobs listen
04/21/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Environment, Earth Day, green jobs, Barack Obama, Van Jones
Earlier this year, President Barack Obama appointed Van Jones as special advisor for green jobs, enterprise and innovation with the Council on Environmental Quality. Jones spoke to reporters by teleconference today about how the Obama administration plans to create jobs in renewable technologies.
Jones says President Obama will be in a closed Maytag factory in Iowa tomorrow – Earth Day. The plant is being retrofitted to produce parts of wind turbines. The federal stimulus package will help...
Be the first to commentEPA: Greenhouse gases may endanger public health listen
04/17/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Environment, greenhouse gases, air pollution
Today the Environmental Protection Agency “issued a proposed finding that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare.”
Six of the gases that contribute to climate change were included in the EPA’s proposed endangerment finding: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perflurocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.
The EPA said “the science clearly shows that concentrations of these gases are at unprecedented levels as a result ...
Be the first to commentSpring EcoFest held at McGough Nature Park listen
04/14/09 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: EcoFest, environment
The Spring EcoFest was held on April 11 at McGough Nature Park and featured something for everyone: nature walks, music, free tree give-a-way, environmental presentations and live wildlife demonstrations.
The nature center housed live animal exhibits. Children could do arts and crafts, hunt for Easter eggs, and learn about eco-friendly activities. Representatives from environmentally friendly businesses and organizations provided information on ways to help protect the environment.
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Be the first to commentGreen Expo held in St. Pete Beach listen
03/31/09 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: green expo, environment
The city of St. Pete Beach hosted the first Suncoast Green Wave Expo on March 29 at the St. Pete Beach Community Center.
The goal of the event was to support public and private efforts to build a more sustainable coastal community, says Jared Cobb, the management intern at St. Pete Beach. The expo featured eco-friendly products, services, and practices for residents and businesses.
A business that got creative and profitable during economic hardships was Neptune Society with a new ser...
Be the first to commentActivists jailed for protesting Palm Beach County fossil fuel plant listen
02/03/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Florida Power and Light, protests, demonstrations, arrests, environment
In West Palm Beach yesterday, two environmentalists were jailed and five others received probation for protesting the construction of a planned new natural gas fired power plant last February.
The protest had involved the activists linking themselves with chicken wire and PVC pipe to protest the negative effects they say the plant will have the environment.
Originally, 27 activists werearrested after the protests at the site Florida Power and Light’s West County Energy Center, but af...
Be the first to commentRadioactivity: Fighting Foreclosure; and, Fish Farming in the Gulf?
01/27/09 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Fish farming, environment, Gulf of Mexico, aquaculture, foreclosure, mortgage crisis, economy
Good afternoon,
Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk about the home foreclosure crisis and we’ll have two experts in the studio to talk about how to deal with foreclosure.
But first: The Gulf Of Mexico Fishery Advisory Council is poised today to approve the first offshore Aquaculture or “fish farming” plan in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s an idea that has some environmentalists, scientists and commercial fisherman up in arms. One of those is Marianne Cufone wh...
Be the first to commentGulf of Mexico Alliance holds workshop listen
01/14/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Gulf of Mexico Alliance, environment, water quality
The Gulf of Mexico Alliance is a partnership between the five states bordering the Gulf: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Today at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa’s Chanelside district, the Alliance held a community input workshop.
The Gulf of Mexico Alliance has received $5 million in funding from NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and $3 million from the Environmental Protection Agen...
Be the first to commentProgress Energy to close coal plants after nukes come online listen
12/18/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Progress Energy, rate increase, environment, nuclear power, coal
Today Progress Energy CEO Jeff Lyash announced that his company has agreed to retire its oldest two coal-fire units at its Crystal River Energy Complex in Citrus County. The shutdown will occur after the new nuclear plant in nearby Levy County is completed.
Progress Energy says by removing the 2 units, it will be be the equivalent of removing more than 830,000 vehicles from Florida’s roads
Roy Brinkman is the Energy Issue Chair with the Sierra Club of Florida. He has mixed feelings a...
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