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Summer fertilizer restrictions go into effect Saturday in Tampa, Pinellas and Manatee listen
05/29/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: water, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, nitrogen, fertilizer, pollution, seagrass, fertilizer ordinance, fertilizer ban, Manatee County, Pinellas County, Tampa
This Saturday is the official start of hurricane season. It’s also the unofficial beginning of the rainy season in Florida and when some local fertilizer restrictions go into effect.
Beginning June 1, residents of Pinellas and Manatee counties and the City of Tampa can’t apply phosphorous or nitrogen to their lawns.
We spoke with Nanette O’Hara, the public outreach coordinator for the Tampa Bay Estuary Program.
Be the first to comment"On June 1st, restrictions on use and sales of lawn or landscape fert...
Tampa Bay Estuary Program announces which ecosystem restoration programs it would like to see funded from BP oil disaster money listen
03/12/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Bay Estuary Program, water, pollution, BP oil disaster, BP, Gulf oil spill, BP oil spill, restoration, environment, Tampa Bay
The Gulf Coast will get millions of dollars for ecosystem restoration as part of fines resulting from the 2010 BP oil disaster.
A partnership of estuary protection groups and local communities has come up with a list of environmental improvement projects they hope will be funded.
One of the partners is the Tampa Bay Estuary Program and Holly Greening is their executive director.
Be the first to comment"Last year Congress approved the Restore Act, last July. That act allows 80 percent of the Clean Water ...
All four regions of Tampa Bay met water quality standards in 2012 listen
02/20/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: water, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, nitrogen, fertilizer, pollution, seagrass, fertilizer ordinance
The water quality in Tampa Bay continues to improve.
Tuesday the Tampa Bay Estuary Program released results of their 2012 water quality survey and for the fourth time since assessments began in 1974 all geographic regions of the bay met quality targets.
Ed Sherwood is senior scientist at Tampa Bay Estuary Program.
Be the first to commentAnti-pollution activists lock themselves together at TECO plant - police use saws to free them listen
08/31/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Earth First!, RNC, Republican National Convention, direct action, protests, TECO, pollution
Seven environmental activists locked themselves down yesterday during a direct action at the TECO power plant in Apollo Beach. Even though police spent hours cutting the locks that linked protesters no one was arrested.
Earth First! activist Leah Rothchild wanted to use the Republican National Convention as a loudspeaker for the group.
Be the first to comment“Because this is the dirtiest coal burning power plant in the state of Florida and TECO whose power plant it is, they’re ...
Speak Up for Silver Springs and Florida's Waters event promotes protection of Florida's imperiled waterways listen
06/22/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Silver Springs, Ocala, Pollution, Water Quality, Community Event
Florida’s springs, rivers and other waterways are threatened by pollution and low water flow. On Saturday former Governor Bob Graham will be at Silver River State Park near Ocala to warn the public about this statewide problem.
The Speak Up for Silver Springs and Florida’s Waters event will feature speeches from Florida Conservation Coalition leaders, nature exhibits, outdoor activities and live music. Robert Knight, director of the Florida Springs Institute, says public awareness is cruci...
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 commentEnvironmental groups want local fertilizer limits upheld listen
01/23/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Susan Latvala, Pinellas Board of County Commissioners, Sierra Club, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, lawn fertilizer, nitrogen fertilizer, pollution, fertilizer ordinance
Lawn care giants like Scotts and TrueGreen Chem Lawn are pushing a bill in the Florida House that would overturn summer bans on the use of nitrogen on lawns during the rainy summer months. At a press conference this afternoon in Clearwater, representatives from environmental groups and some local officials are aski...
Be the first to commentTampa activists demand cleaner air rules from the EPA listen
08/24/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Smog, EPA, Sierra Club, public health, air pollution, pollution, regulations, coal, Oil, gasoline
Environmentalists rallied for clean air this morning in downtown Tampa. Their demand for less smog goes hand in hand with their call for reducing the rising rates of asthma in children.
About twenty protesters gathered around the base of a giant inflatable hand in Gaslight Park. The hand was holding an asthma inhaler, which for the activists represents the negative health effects of breathing in too much smog from fossil...
Be the first to commentHow will Florida's battle with EPA over nutrient regulations affect Hillsborough? listen
08/18/11 Matthew CimitileWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: environment, nitrogen fertilizer, phosphorus, EPC, EPA, EPA water standards, pollution
The state of Florida is in a battle with thefeds over water quality. Hillsborough County is affected by the ongoing dispute over regulating nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in Florida.
In 2008, a Florida Department of Environmental Protection report determine that half the rivers and lakes in Florida were impaired because of nutrients. After getting no response from the state for a plan to clean up its waterways, the federal Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, imposed numeric limits...
Be the first to commentNew report says dumping spent vessels into sea is harmful listen
07/20/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USS Oriskany, US Navy, Navy, Pensacola, artificial reefs, oceans, pollution
Throughout the world, used subway cars, tanks, ships and even tires have been placed on the ocean floor in the hope of creating artificial reefs – with varying degrees of success and environmental impact. A new study suggests a Navy program that sinks old warships to create artificial reefs is having some unintended consequences on the environment.
The USS Oriskany, nicknamed the Mighty O, was an aircraft carrier the US...
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