If you’re thinking about putting solar panels on your roof, now might be the best time; the value of federal tax incentives will decline at the end of the year unless Congress extends them. Both homeowners and business owners can take advantage of those federal tax incentives for installing solar. To find out all the… Read more »
Interview with climate scientist Michael Mann ahead of his speech in St. Petersburg
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Hurricane Preparedness in Florida and Child Care: Who Should Have Control, Parents Or The State?
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Choose 06/04/19 in the drop down menu Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—We’ll get prepared for the hurricane season that just got underway on Saturday. And later—in the battle over the proper medical treatment for children—who should have more… Read more »
Longtime Supporter of Green New Deal Coming to Tampa This Sunday
Radioactivity With Rob Lorei 05/29/19 Listen Here (Select Wednesday, May 29th in the drop down menu): https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity— Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell yesterday said that if a Supreme Court opening occurs next year—he will hold a vote in the Senate to confirm whomever President Trump nominates. That’s in… Read more »
Radioactivity guest says hurricane recovery would be better in Puerto Rico if it were a state and had voting representation in Congress
Listen Here (Select Tuesday, May 28th in the dropdown menu): Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Later in the program we’ll talk about the latest on efforts to privatize some Florida beaches. But first- We’ll discuss Puerto Rico’s recovery from the hurricane. WASHINGTON (AP) — A House GOP conservative blocked… Read more »
Insects – Good and Bad on the Sustainable Living Program
On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program we had two guests talking about insects; good and bad. Paul Zamoda, a local plant and insect expert; and Daniel Dye, Gainesville area insect expert joined us. Daniel is also an expert on spiders and snakes and has written books about these subjects. Paul has expertise in various other gardening… Read more »
Compost Versus Waste on the Sustainable Living Program
On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program we had two guests talking about compost versus waste. Joining us was Joseph Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook, that was first published in 1994 and today the 4th edition of the bestseller is being released. Joe has traveled the world teaching others to make gardens instead of sewage. Also,… Read more »
Environmentalist gives Florida governor an “F” on conservation lands promise
During his campaign for governor and after he was elected, Ron DeSantis promised Floridians he would be a champion for conservation lands. His website says he “will work with Florida’s legislative leadership to ensure proper funding is put toward conservation and preservation.” But a conservation advocate grades the governor as low as an “F” on… Read more »
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Home Energy Conservation on the Sustainable Living Program
On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program we started out talking with the marketing staff for a net zero energy Smart Home community in Manatee County. They only have one model home open, which has solar power and is LEED Platinum Certified. The community plan includes common areas and an electric ferry; but apparently is going to… Read more »
Extinction Rebellion protests in Tampa against TECO’s proposed gas plant
The global Extinction Rebellion actions are taking root in the Tampa Bay area as well. There are series of events this week around the area to call attention to the crisis of runaway climate change. On Thursday morning about fifteen members of Extinction Rebellion held what they called a ‘noise rebellion’ outside the downtown Tampa… Read more »
Environment Florida focuses on several bills in state legislature
The Florida Legislature is considering several bills that impact the environment of the Sunshine State. On WMNF’s MidPoint we talked about many of them with Jennifer Rubiello, the state director of Environment Florida. One bill deals with providing schools with filters to remove lead from the drinking water of older schools. It’s sponsored by Tampa… Read more »
Environmentalists fear confirmation of Interior Secretary could lead to oil drilling near Florida
UPDATE: Thursday April 11, 2019: The U.S. Senate confirmed former oil and gas lobbyist David Bernhardt as the secretary of the Interior Department. Environmentalists are concerned that oil and gas drilling off Florida could become a reality if a new Interior Department Secretary is confirmed by the Senate as soon as this week. The moratorium… Read more »
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Robert Hunziker. Anissa Gray. Clive Thompson. on Life Elsewhere
Frequent contributor to Life Elsewhere, Robert Hunziker says global warming is a fact of life that haunts society with consequences that hit hard, exponentially, but where nobody lives. It is happening hyper fast, and it’s downright scary as major ecosystems of the planet turn upside down in nasty fashion. He goes on to say that… Read more »
Florida’s devastating coral disease has spread to Caribbean: scientist
A devastating coral disease that started in the Miami area has spread to nearly all of the Florida reef tract and the infection known as stony coral tissue loss disease can now even be found as far away in the Caribbean as Mexico, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, the U.S. Virgin Islands and St. Maarten. In… Read more »
USF scientist talks about the health of the Gulf of Mexico 9 years after the BP oil disaster
In April of 2010 BP’s Deepwater Horizon exploded and nearly 5 million barrels of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico over several weeks; the Gulf ecosystem was damaged and researchers are trying to figure out how badly. One of the main scientists looking at the health of the Gulf was our guest on WMNF… Read more »
