In what some would call a wily veteran move, Charlie Crist has publicly offered to meet with the ten Florida environmental scientists who asked Gov. Rick Scott to meet to discuss climate change. And now that Crist has come out and said he’ll meet with the scientists, Scott has also…
“You kids act like you never did something stupid in your life,” one wrote on her Facebook. “So fuck off!” the other one commented. “Gettttttt obvvveeeerrrrrrr it,” the Orange Park teenager with a black bob and perfectly manicured eyebrows fired back. “It’s not like we took the last one off…
Prospectors from Texas oil company Dan A. Hughes won’t be drilling throughout the Big Cypress Swamp watershed anytime soon. That means (1) diminished revenues for Old Florida plutocrats Barron Collier, (2) one fewer threat to the Florida Panther and other species, and (3) one fewer worry for Collier County residents…
Citizen activists opposed to oil drilling in the Everglades claim the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued a “bogus” clean bill of health for Texas oil company Dan A. Hughes’ acid fracking operation in Collier County. See also: Dropping Acid in the Everglades: Fracking War Drags On in Collier…
Ahh, Palm Beach County. Sunshine shining on a cloudless day as palm trees sway lazily in the waft of putrid refuge in the breeze. Or, at least, that’ll be the picture of the town on some days after the county commissioners voted to allow the importing of garbage from outside…
It looks like Floridians would rather have all the scientists run for president than Marco Rubio, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released last week. After the White House released the findings from the National Climate Assessment last month that said climate change was man-made and that Florida was…
South Florida looks a lot like a Renaissance painting today. The skyline and the cityscape bleed into each other with the most minuscule of brush strokes. But no, an imaginary Leonardo did not restyle South Florida to look like the Mona Lisa. What you’re seeing is not sfumato; it’s smoke…
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed cutting carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants by 30 percent by 2030 in an effort by the Obama administration to combat climate change. And while Florida’s governor has been going around reminding people he’s not a scientist and, therefore, that technically…
Researchers at the University of Illinois have found that hurricanes with female names are usually more deadly than their masculine counterparts. The research team thinks this may be because people subconsciously associate female-named hurricanes with feminine stereotypes of tenderness and affection — kind of like the way you subconsciously picture…
Two weeks after telling reporters he’s not a scientist, Rick Scott reminded reporters on Tuesday that… he’s no scientist! Scott had made a stop in Miami on Tuesday when he was asked about the impact of manmade climate change. “I’m not a scientist,” he said, per the Miami Herald. He…
Back in 2012, Marco Rubio invoked his right to tell people he wasn’t a scientist when he was asked something that has a clear answer based on scientific evidence. Now Gov. Rick Scott is also invoking that right, for the seemingly same reasons. On Tuesday, the governor was asked if…
At a time when climate change is the big topic of discussion and debate between scientists and politicians, Fort Lauderdale is at least doing its part to make sure things get green. The city is doing so much for the environment, in fact, that it was named among the top…
Earlier this week, the White House released its National Climate Assessment, and, judging by the results of that assessment, things are looking pretty bleak for the environment. Particularly in South Florida. Sea levels are on the rise, and South Florida is sinking. But Sen. and presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has…
The very owls Florida Atlantic University is named after are being seriously threatened by the school’s ever-expanding buildings and dormitories. Burrowing owls, along with gopher tortoises and other species of life, currently live in a nature preserve nestled between the campus parking lot and Boca Raton Airport. And, as the…
Between Passover, Easter, and 4/20, it’s been a mad rush of holidays in the past week. First people were getting cabin fever in their parents’ houses, subsisting off of matzo and trying to think if the adage about never forgetting how to ride a bike applied to driving a car…
Happy Earth Day, Florida! We’re all gonna die! Yes, today is the day we’re supposed to be conserving, planting trees, turning off the lights, and collecting all that recycling. But the reality is, things are not looking as green as they should in the Sunshine State. Florida is a land…
It’s been four years since the BP Deep Water Horizon disaster where an oil rig explosion in the Gulf killed 11 workers and triggered the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. This brought upon $1.3 billion in criminal fines, and manslaughter charges on the oil company, as well as multiple…
Beginning about 2 a.m., we will experience a total eclipse of the moon. That means the entire moon — not just part of it — will be in the Earth’s shadow. Dr. Stephen Schiff, president of the Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches, suggests going outside between 2 or 2:30…
Multiple medical marijuana bills are bouncing around the statehouse, and more and more Florida Lawmakers are beginning to voice their support of the approval of medical marijuana in the state. Democratic Rep. Katie Edwards, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Senator Jeff Clemens took turns Monday voicing their opinions on the…
All of the aerospace experts in the world cannot find a missing jetliner here on Earth, but the sun? That’s big. We can find it! Yesterday, NASA announced it had chosen a company — United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colo. — to handle the launch of a solar orbiter…
Yesterday, 80 environmental activists from Earth First! protested at the Juno Beach headquarters of Florida Power & Light. Their mission was to bring attention to a proposed power plant in Hendry County. But there’s another concern about FPL: possible problems at the nuclear plant in St. Lucie. Tubes inside generators…
It’s a very real possibility that Florida Power & Light could put power lines through Everglades National Park. These would bring power from the Turkey Point nuclear power plant to points northward. The only time to object in person is tonight, at a public meeting at Florida International University. Here’s…
