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Tropical Cyclone Threatens South Florida, Takes Aim At Gulf Coast
Tropical Cyclone Threatens South Florida, Takes Aim At Gulf Coast “Tropical Storm Gordon formed over the Florida Keys Monday morning and is poised to bring very heavy rainfall to south Florida on this Labor Day. As Gordon pushes into the Gulf of Mexico this week, it will interact with anomalously warm waters as it churns […]
Supercharged by Pollution, Florida’s Toxic Algae Crisis Continues Unabated
Supercharged by Pollution, Florida’s Toxic Algae Crisis Continues Unabated “Covering stuff up doesn’t make it go away,” said Lilly Womble, an 18-year-old on vacation on Florida’s Sanibel Island. The island is world renowned for its sea shells but that day we were watching employees from the Sanibel Moorings Resort pull a sheet over a dead loggerhead sea […]
How US Sugar Subsidies Bring a Red Tide of Algae to Florida’s Shores
How US Sugar Subsidies Bring a Red Tide of Algae to Florida’s Shores ABC News reports that “Toxic red tide blooms are creeping up Florida’s west coast, killing marine life and irritating humans.” The red (or maroonish) tide is truly a nasty problem that I have experienced first-hand in the form of a ruined vacation. […]
Fueled by Pollution and Unsound Policies, Toxic Algae Overtakes Florida Beaches and Waterways
Fueled by Pollution and Unsound Policies, Toxic Algae Overtakes Florida Beaches and Waterways Florida is in the midst of a still-unfolding water pollution catastrophe. Many formerly picture-perfect beaches and posh waterfront neighborhoods are now surreal toxic landscapes where the smell is so pungent, it can make you nauseous. Parts of South Florida are being inundated by harmful […]
Coastal States Protest Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan
Coastal States Protest Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan Less than a week after the Trump Administration proposed to open almost the entire U.S. coast to oil and gas drilling, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke backtracked and took Florida off the table for offshore oil and gas exploration. Now many are wondering why just Florida was […]
Minority Communities Suffer from Storms as GOP and Trump Admin Promote Oil and Gas
Minority Communities Suffer from Storms as GOP and Trump Admin Promote Oil and Gas While victims in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico are still reeling from the devastation of three hurricanes worsened by a warming climate, the Trump administration and GOP senators in the Gulf continued to push fossil fuel extraction. On October 18, two senators […]
State Of Emergency Declared Across Southeastern US As Hurricane Nate Looms
State Of Emergency Declared Across Southeastern US As Hurricane Nate Looms Update (1 pm ET): With Nate expected to strengthen into a category 2 storm by the time it makes landfall in southeastern Louisiana late Saturday, the NHC has expanded its storm warnings to include the part of the Florida panhandle east of the Okaloosa/Walton […]
FL Residents Warned They’ll Be Ticketed for Hurricane-Damaged Homes
FL Residents Warned They’ll Be Ticketed for Hurricane-Damaged Homes (ANTIMEDIA) Miami-Dade County, FL — At a time when South Floridians rocked by Hurricane Irma were still surveying the damage to their properties, the county of Miami-Dade apparently thought it appropriate to begin handing out safety notices. Celso Perez told local WSVN-TV that he, his family, and his neighbors were starting to […]
Government Regulation and Crony Capitalism is Keeping Thousands in Florida without Power
Government Regulation and Crony Capitalism is Keeping Thousands in Florida without Power Almost two weeks have passed since Hurricane Irma made landfall in South Florida, yet tens of thousands remain without power. With temperatures regularly eclipsing over 90 degrees, these outages are not only a grave inconvenience for Floridians cleaning up after the storm, but […]
In Florida, You Can’t Use Your Own Solar Panels in a Crisis
In Florida, You Can’t Use Your Own Solar Panels in a Crisis When it comes to the U.S. economy, the “con” part offers the best description of the current relationship between business, government and the preyed upon consumer. The way things work in early 21st century America is large businesses bribe politicians in a variety […]
Florida Farmers Say Irma’s Damage Is The Worst They’ve Ever Seen
Florida Farmers Say Irma’s Damage Is The Worst They’ve Ever Seen Almost half of Florida’s citrus crops were destroyed during the hurricane and when Florida farmers survey the damage caused by Hurricane Irma, and most are saying it’s the worst destruction to their farms that they’ve ever seen. When the worst of Irma’s fury had […]
No Gas in Florida: Give Truth a Chance
No Gas in Florida: Give Truth a Chance Photo by el-toro | CC BY 2.0 As I heard Florida’s governor demanding gas, I wondered why they don’t learn from Cuba, and send buses. Cuba was there in the CBC newscasts about Florida. It was the country under the satellite image, under the “lingering” eye of […]
Hurricane Irma’s Wrath Weighs On Natural Gas
Hurricane Irma’s Wrath Weighs On Natural Gas Hurricane Irma has left millions of people without power in Florida, a critical situation that could take a painfully long period of time to sort out. Estimates vary, but some 9 million people lost power during Hurricane Irma, according to the CEO of Florida Power & Light, the […]
25% Of Homes In Florida Keys Destroyed By Hurricane Irma
25% Of Homes In Florida Keys Destroyed By Hurricane Irma After Hurricane Irma overwhelmed the Florida Keys with 15-foot storm surges and 130 mph winds, causing the worst flooding the chain of islands has experienced in nearly a century, federal officials’ first assessment of the damage suggests that nearly a quarter of the homes on […]
In the Dark
In the Dark The stock market is zooming this morning on the news that only 5.7 million people in Florida will have to do without air conditioning, hot showers, and Keurig mochachinos at dawn’s early light Monday, Sept 11, 2017. I’m mindful that the news cycle right after a hurricane goes kind of blank for […]
