Articles in Category: 'EPA'

Who Would Be Impacted by Rising Energy Costs from New EPA Rules?
By: Steve Gates | Posted: February 24, 2012 3:55 AM
President Obama talked to students and other Floridians at the University of Miami on Thursday to reiterate a major item from his State of the Union address last month -- what he calls an “all-of-the-above” approach to energy.
TAGS: American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, coal, coal-fueled power, EPA, News, Obama, Steve Gates, Columns
 
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Finally, EPA Does the Right Thing for Florida
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: November 7, 2011 3:55 AM

Groups like Earthjustice and Sierra Club didn't like it, but last week the Environmental Protection Agency finally listened, did the right thing and approved a state alternative to the EPA's draconian water pollution regulations proposed for Florida.

TAGS: Clean Water Act, Conservancy of Southwest Florida, DEP, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of Environmental Protection, EarthJustice, Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Florida Chamber of Commerce, Florida Wildlife Federation, Leticia Adams, News, PolitiFact, Sierra Club, St. John's Riverkeeper, St. Petersburg Times, University of Florida, Columns
 
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State Water Rules Discussed
By: Michael Peltier News Service of Florida | Posted: August 4, 2011 3:55 AM
TAGS: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Colleen Castille, David Guest, DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Justice, EarthJustice, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Regulatory Commission, environmentalists, EPA, News, numeric nutrient criteria, Politics
 
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PSC, EPA at Odds Over Fish Killed in Plant Cooling
By: Jim Saunders News Service of Florida | Posted: July 19, 2011 3:55 AM
TAGS: Crystal River, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Gulf Power Co., Jeff Rogers, Natural Resources Defense Council, News, Progress Energy Florida, PSC, Public Service Commission, Scott Sutton, Steve Fleischli, Politics
 
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Weekly Roundup: Rick Scott's Policy, If Not His Popularity, Reinforced
By: Michael Peltier News Service of Florida | Posted: July 16, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Amendment 5, Amendment 6, Bill Nelson, Bill Proctor, BP, Casey Anthony, Charlie Crist, Citizens' Property Insurance, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Florida Commission on Ethics, Jeff Brandes, Jim Malone, John Mica, Marco Rubio, Matt Caldwell, News, Obama, Panhandle, Rick Scott, Standard & Poor, The Villages, Politics
 
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'Decipher Facts from Scare Tactics' in EPA NNC Decision
Posted: July 15, 2011 2:08 PM

TAGS: algae blooms, Army Corps of Engineers, Caloosahatchee, David Guest, EPA, Florida Water Coalition, Lake Okeechobee, News, numeric nutrient criteria, South Florida Water Management District, Government
 
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Florida Fight With EPA Backdrop to Congressional Debate
By: Jim Saunders News Service of Florida | Posted: July 14, 2011 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Clean Water Act, Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011, Earl Blumenauer, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, John Duncan, John Mica, Mike Quigley, News, numeric nutrient criteria, Government
 
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State Pushing Back Against Proposed EPA Air Standards
By: Jim Saunders News Service of Florida | Posted: July 8, 2011 3:55 AM
TAGS: air pollution standards, Barry Moline, EPA, Florida Municipal Electric Association, Florida Power & Light, FPSC, Josh Galperin, Lisa Jackson, Mayco Villafana, News, Progress Energy Florida, PSC, Public Service Commission, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Tim Leljedal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Government
 
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Adam Putnam Sees Hope For Water Truce With EPA
By: Kenric Ward | Posted: June 4, 2011 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: Adam Putnam, Associated Industries of Florida, Business, Dennis Ross, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of Environmental Protection, EPA, Everglades, Florida Water Forum, News, numeric nutrient criteria, storm water, Trudi Williams, Utilities, wastewater, Politics, Government
 
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Cliff Stearns, Rick Scott Turn Up Heat on EPA
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: April 23, 2011 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Clean Water Act, Cliff Stearns, DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Lisa Jackson, News, Rick Scott, Sierra Club, Government
 
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Why Is Rick Scott Only One Not Sold on Anti-EPA Bill?
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: March 27, 2011 12:15 AM
 
TAGS: DEP, EPA, Governor's Office, HB 239, News, numeric nutrient criteria, Rick Scott, Trudi Williams, Columns
 
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Washington Week
By: Elizabeth Letchworth | Posted: February 21, 2011 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Congress, EPA, GOP, Harry Reid, Jerry Lewis, John Boehner, National Endowment for the Arts, News, Omnibus Appropriations Bill, Patriot Act, Planned Parenthood, Columns
 
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Eric Buermann: Billions Wasted and He Dares to Whine?
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 14, 2011 3:55 AM
 
For the first time in years, the South Florida Water Management District has a chance to get a grip on reality, and what does it do? Whine like a spoiled brat.
TAGS: Army Corps of Engineers, Barbara Miedema, Caloosahatchee River, Carol Wehle, CERP, Charlie Crist, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, EPA, Eric Buermann, Everglades, Martin County, Migratory Bird Act, News, restoration, Rick Scott, SFWMD, South Florida Water Management District, St. Lucie Estuary, St. Lucie River, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative, U.S. Sugar Corp., Wetlands Mitigation, Columns
 
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Scott Taps Shipyard Director Herschel Vinyard for DEP
By: Keith Laing The News Service of Florida | Posted: January 3, 2011 6:19 PM
 

Gov.-elect Rick Scott picked the director of a Jacksonville shipyard on Monday to run his Department of Environmental Protection, turning to an unconventional source for the state’s top natural resources watchdog.

TAGS: Allan Bense, Audubon, Charlie Crist, Clean Water Network of Florida, DEP, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Eric Draper, Florida Business Network for a Clean Energy Economy, Herschel Vinyard, Linda Young, Mimi Drew, News, Susan Glickman, Government
 
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Rick Scott Transition Team Delivers 'Big Ideas'
By: Lane Wright | Posted: December 21, 2010 11:28 AM
 

According to the first report released from Gov.-elect Rick Scott's transition teams, Florida is on the road to ruin and needs a course correction -- quick.

TAGS: Citizens Insurance, DCA, DEP, DOT, EPA, News, Rick Scott, Tort Reform, Transition, Government
 
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My Two Firsts: Loving a Lawsuit and Praising Bill McCollum
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: December 8, 2010 4:05 AM
 

Taking it to the EPA. Now that’s what I call leadership.

TAGS: Adam Putnam, Barbara Miedema, Bill McCollum, Charles Bronson, Dean Cannon, EPA, George LeMieux, Martin County, Mike Haridopolos, News, Pam Bondi, Rick Scott, Stuart, Tom Rooney, Columns
 
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EPA Busters Barney Bishop, Adam Putnam, Heroes; Virtual Voyeur TSA, Zero
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: November 22, 2010 4:05 AM
 

This Week’s Heroes: Barney Bishop, Adam Putnam, et al.

Barney Bishop is a Mississippi gambler if ever I saw one – and I’ve seen a few. An EPA administrator overplays her hand, the Associated Industries of Florida president calls her bluff and bets the farm. EPA folds. Game over, Bishop triumphs.

TAGS: Adam Putnam, Associated Industries of Florida, Barney Bishop, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Dean Cannon, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Gwen Fleming, John Pistole, Mike Haridopolos, News, Pam Bondi, Rapiscan, Rick Scott, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Columns
 
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