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Energy Technology

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    FPL Offering Big Rebates for Solar-Powered Water Heaters

    You've got the chance to save a boatload of money on your electric bill, and the electric company wants to help you do it.Florida Power & Light announced earlier this week that it would be offering more than $3 million in rebates to customers who install solar equipment in their homes or busines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Occupy Fort Lauderdale Releases Its "Declaration of Occupation"

    ​Almost three months after the first "Declaration of Occupation" was released by an Occupy camp -- the first one from the Occupy Wall Street outfit -- Occupy Fort Lauderdale has now aired its list of grievances.The 40 complaints are divided into four sections in the document, including sections on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Welcome to the Everglades Ranch Where FPL Might Build a Big-Ass Power Plant

    Welcome to our new blog series "Holy Crap, That's Big," where we write about humongous things going up in South Florida and the people behind them. Today's item: a proposed fossil-fuel power plant in the middle of the Everglades.​It's a quiet, open hunting preserve right now, but if power demand c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Reminder From Broward County: Don't Mow Over Sea Cows

    snuzzy.comDon't run over manatees with your spaceship either.​Due to new rules from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the impending manatee season in Broward County, the Natural Resources Planning and Management Division would like to remind you not to slice up sea cows wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Broward County Commission to Oppose Everglades Drilling (Which Already Exists)

    Flickr/boggerthelogger​In next Wednesday's meeting, the Broward County Commission will move to adopt language in its state and federal legislative programs "opposing any oil drilling or exploration in or around the Everglades."The legislative programs are a set agenda of issues that the County Com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Bill Koch, Billionaire Coal Man, Donates Heavily to John Boehner, Throws Bone to Allen West

    Kim SargentBill Koch supports pro-coal candidates.​Last month, New Times introduced you to Bill Koch, the Palm Beach billionaire who owns a coal and gas company, is known for his voracious appetite for wine and women, and has two brothers famous for being the sugar daddies of the Tea Party. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Allen West Sends Letter to Michele Bachmann, Says Everglades Drilling "Absolutely Off Limits"

    Harriet Tubman​GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann is about to receive a letter from one of those "radical environmentalists" she so loathes -- Rep. Allen West.In a letter dated yesterday, West writes that he was "troubled" by the interview in which Bachmann said she'd be open to dril ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Florida Has Some of The Most Toxic Air Pollution In the Nation, Study Says

    ​Florida residents are the third-most at-risk among the 50 states from toxic emissions from coal and oil-fired power plants, according to a study released today.The report, from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Physicians for Social Responsibility, found that only Ohio and Pennsylvani ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Touchy-Feely Activism

    ​Florida residents are the third-most at-risk among the 50 states from toxic emissions from coal and oil-fired power plants, according to a study released today.The report, from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Physicians for Social Responsibility, found that only Ohio and Pennsylvani ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    The World According to GOP Presidential Candidates

    ​In case you didn't notice -- between coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, Anthony Weiner, and Anderson Cooper probably wearing a skin-tight shirt -- CNN held a debate between hopeful Republican presidential candidates last night.You can guess what happened when Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Legislators Declare Nuclear Plant Is Safe, Revealing Heretofore Unexpected Expertise In Physics

    ​Yesterday, The Sun Sentinel informed the world of a Monday tour of FPL's Turkey Point nuclear power plant by Congressfolk Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, David Rivera, Mario Diaz-Balart and Frederica Wilson. "We understand how different this facility is from the facility in Japan," said Ros-Lehtinen. "So we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Rick Scott: Forget the Oil Spill -- Let's Go Fishing!

    Florida Governor's OfficeSlick Rick catches his own BP Special.​On the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster that spilled 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Gov. Rick Scott celebrated by going fishing.Sounds strange, but Slick Rick didn't have much choice. He favors ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Florida's Nuclear Worries?

    ​A two-page report on a proposed Turkey Point nuclear power plant appeared this weekend in the Sun Sentinel, but calling it a "two page" report doesn't really begin to cover it. These are massive pages, 1,600 words in total. Feature-length pages, in Sentinel terms. And why? Is there a radiation le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Meltdown Fears Growing

    Two explosions in three days have rocked the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. An endless stream of nuclear industry cronies has claimed there is really not much to worry about, but the money is doing the talking: Nuclear industry shares have already lost more than $1.5 billion ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2010

    Iration's Reggae Rock to Bring Positive Vibes to Culture Room

    Two explosions in three days have rocked the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. An endless stream of nuclear industry cronies has claimed there is really not much to worry about, but the money is doing the talking: Nuclear industry shares have already lost more than $1.5 billion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Marco Rubio Gets Big Campaign Bucks From Oil Giant Koch Industries

    Rubio, a darling of Big Oil.​Four months ago, as oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster gushed into the Gulf of Mexico and threatened Panhandle beaches, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio stubbornly defended his support for offshore drilling."The issue of offshore drilling is not going ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Newsweek Resurrects Charlie Crist's Campaign, Insults Florida Voters

    This guy is really Florida's best hope?​Last week, just as his pissing match with the state Legislature over oil drilling in the Gulf reached ludicrous proportions, Charlie Crist got a big, wet boost to his Senate campaign from the national press.In a Newsweek article, "The Resurrection of Crist" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Drill Bit: Allen West Calls Oil Rupture "Worrisome," Just Not Big Enough to Reverse Position on Drilling

    Flickr: : HimUpNorth :Spill Schmill! West still wants to see oil rigs on the South Florida horizon.​The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico barely warranted mention in the "West Weekly Wrap-up" that congressional candidate Allen West sends along to his South Florida supporters. West supports d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    FPL Plant Deals Dirty on the Race Question, Activists Say

    FPL's Riviera plant: Looks great from a distance​Environmental activists and some Riviera Beach residents are fed up with living with "one of the dirtiest power plants in the entire state of Florida," according to a news release from the Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition. The Coalition, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Koch's Spokesman: Wind Farm is a "Boondoggle"

    Flickr user: andjohan​Yesterday, The Juice brought you the tale of Bill Koch, the Palm Beach billionaire energy mogul who has spent millions of dollars to oppose an offshore wind farm that will sully his view of Nantucket Sound. We speculated that Koch's opposition might have something to do with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Palm Beach Billionaire Koch Likes Tax Subsidies, Too

    Flickr user: andjohan​One of Palm Beach billionaire Bill Koch's main objections to a proposed offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound -- which he has spent millions of dollars fighting -- is that it will require tax breaks to succeed. As the Juice reported earlier today, Koch has claimed that the an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Palm Beach Billionaire Sailor Fights to Stop Wind Farm

    Flickr user: andjohanWind farm? NIMBY!​You'd think Bill Koch might be a fan of wind energy. The billionaire Palm Beach energy magnate made some of his fortune off eco-friendly geo-thermal and natural gas power plants. He's also an avid sailor who won the America's Cup in 1992.But it appears that w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Nuclear Energy: South Florida's Misunderstood Friend

    Thanks for that, Smithers. Now that we're in the midst of the public hearings on whether to build two new nuclear power plants on Turkey Point, Florida Power & Light is asking you to think of nuclear power as an adorable, avuncular, and perfectly harmless cartoon character.Keep Smilin' Joe Fiss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    49 States Green With Envy Over Florida's Environmental Progress

    Radio Green Earth: Making the world safer for tree frogs​Bet you thought South Florida was a lot more likely to win accolades for "best strip malls" or "extra egregious decimation of natural wildlife" than for anything much greener than development dollars. But it turns out Florida is among the to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Ocean Will Save South Florida, If It Doesn't Swallow It First

    Photo: ClydeElliottFAU research aims to stave off dystopian future full of American amphibians​Florida Atlantic researchers are racing against melting polar ice caps and dwindling natural resources in hope of developing energy technology that exploits the vast powers of the ocean tides.Sue Skemp, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Power Plays

    Idyllic Florida landscape courtesy of FMPAResidents of Lake Worth, many of whom have made small but successful careers specializing in complaining about their high utility bills, might not know the city actually gets the power to turn their fans and nuke their frozen dinners not from the beleaguered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    You're Invited! Environmentalist on Trial for Chaining Herself to Tree

    Courtrooms can be such staid places -- so we love it when people treat judicial proceedings as interactive theater events. This January, an environmental activist named Stevie Lowe went to the site of the Barley Barber Swamp, an ancient cypress forest, and locked herself to a tree. The reason? Flori ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009

    Professor Whys The Science Guy

    Courtrooms can be such staid places -- so we love it when people treat judicial proceedings as interactive theater events. This January, an environmental activist named Stevie Lowe went to the site of the Barley Barber Swamp, an ancient cypress forest, and locked herself to a tree. The reason? Flori ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    FPL vs. the Environment, again

    The hardcore environmentalists at Everglades Earth First sure know how to push FPL's buttons. All year, they've been waging a court battle against construction of a new power plant in Palm Beach County (right across the street from a wildlife refuge!).  Today, they picked another fight with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    How Will You Spend Your FPL Refund?

    Oh, what a thrill it is to see an envelope with the FPL logo sticking out of one's holiday stocking! Because it's no fun being robbed in one fell swoop, Bernie Madoff-style. I prefer a nice, slow bleed -- or at least some Chinese water torture. Well, let's start with the good news: Florida Power and ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Tree-huggers mobilize to stop FPL from building Everglades power plant

    Oh, what a thrill it is to see an envelope with the FPL logo sticking out of one's holiday stocking! Because it's no fun being robbed in one fell swoop, Bernie Madoff-style. I prefer a nice, slow bleed -- or at least some Chinese water torture. Well, let's start with the good news: Florida Power and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2008

    Sushi and House Music

    They go together like a horse and carriage

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    Are We There Yet?

    Jeez, can we just embrace the electric car already?

  • Home Entertainment

    June 22, 2006

    Shark Bites

    JAWS Unleashed is as sloppy as it is gory.

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Letters for March 31-April 6, 2005

    JAWS Unleashed is as sloppy as it is gory.

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    Pickpocketing the Public: Part 1

    The "renewable energy" program you're chipping in for spews the same old pollutants

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    We've Got the Power

    A legendary producer wants to make Fort Lauderdale a hit factory

  • Music

    October 7, 2004

    Beat Street

    Proto-Shizo

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Passing Gas

    Planned pipelines threaten fragile coral formations

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Taking Stock of Bob Graham

    The South Florida senator and presidential candidate wheels and doodles

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    The Full Bernie

    Three failed marriages, his family's scorn, an ongoing battle with cancer: Bernie Barker just grins and bares it

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Big Cypress Buyout

    Proposed payment of millions to a wealthy clan amounts to nothing more than stealing from taxpayers for the Bush boys' political gain

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2000

    Rub-a-Dub-Dub, It's a Manatee Tub

    Manatee Viewing Area

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