This was originally published in the Island Sand Paper, Issue 381, May 30, 2008. Reprinted here with permission. A real eye-opener!
(FYI: Rupert Heine is a nationally-awarded photographer, twice nominated for The Pulitzer Prize. His Op-Ed pieces and editorials have been published in the Miami Herald, Minneapolis Tribune, and the Madison Capital Times. He has done […]
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Senator Nelson sent this to us yesterday and we published it in the Sand Paper:
Start drilling.” Put those oil rigs off the protected beaches of Florida and in the preserved wilds of Alaska.In essence, that is what Washington Post writer Robert J. Samuelson urged in his column published in the Post recently.Drilling, right away, in […]
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This came from the Environmental News Service. Governor Crist does seem to be commited to helping our state be more green but some of the ideas presented here are not without controversy.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced the 2008 Serve to Preserve Florida Summit on Global Climate Change. This is the second such summit convened by […]
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I cobbled this together from several news bulletins today…
The Florida House passage of Senate Bill 542 today effectively extended the Florida Forever Program for 10 years at $300 million annually. SB542 passed unanimously in the House today and unanimously in the Senate April 23.
The pending $65 billion General Appropriations Act allocates $300 million to Florida […]
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I found this on American Forest’s web-site. It’s pretty interesting! : )
Florida ranks second in the nation for most national champion trees within its borders with 86 of the 733 record-holders on the 2008-2009 National Register of Big Trees. Florida slipped from the top spot after more than 90 of its previous title-holders were dropped […]
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