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Florida Department of Environmental Protection
St. Pete plans to be able to handle Hermine-like stormwater event by next summer
The Public Works Administrator of St. Petersburg insists that stormwater improvements over the next year will allow the city to be prepared for another rain event on the scale of Hurricane Hermine by next August;...
Mosaic apologizes for sinkhole communication delay; says contamination hasn’t spread
Executives from The Mosaic Company apologized Tuesday morning to Polk County residents for weeks of delays in notifying the public about a 45-foot-wide sinkhole that caused more than 200 million gallons of slightly radioactive water to drain...
Is Florida on the Verge of Weakening Surface Water Standards?
By Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Thursday we looked at the possible weakening of regulations regarding hazardous chemicals by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Environmentalists are warning that the agency is quietly trying implement changes...
Fracking bill stalled in Florida Senate committee
A bill to study and regulate fracking in Florida is stalled and may be dead; the Senate Appropriations Committee voted down (10-9) the fracking bill Thursday after overwhelming public opposition. But the committee also moved to...
Tampa supports pumping water from Morris Bridge Sink
Unless they can work out differences by next week, it’s possible that several local governments will end up on opposite sides of a legal battle about whether to pump water from a sinkhole in sensitive...
FDEP head wants to allow commercial use on State Park land,and details on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Radioactivity callers discuss Florida Environmental Protection’s ban on Climate Change
Radioactivity callers discuss Florida's ban on Climate Change
Florida This Week analyses the state legislative session, State environmental protection bans the term "Climate Change"
