Author Archives: Susan Nilon
Save Our Seabirds is looking for volunteers to help with the Oil Spill
SOS is mobilizing its Oiled Wildlife Response efforts and is waiting for the call to respond to the area when needed. Call us if you would like to help with… Read more »
BP – Oil Spill – A disaster of astronomical proportions!
The oil spill may be hundreds of miles off our local coast, but we are already seeing signs of what is to come. Our local nature specialist, Kayak Kurt, shows… Read more »
BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Demonstrates That Oil is Dirty, Dangerous, and Deadly
Press Release April 27, 2010 Washington, D.C.—On the same day oil giant BP reported that its quarterly profit jumped an astounding 135 percent to some $5.6 billion, a massive oil… Read more »
Want to find out what’s happening in Washington on the climate bill?
Just in: Want to help move a clean energy & climate bill through the U.S. Senate? Sign Up for TONIGHT’S 8:30 pm Sierra Club call for all members @ action.sierraclub.org/clubcall… Read more »
Join the FGCC as we celebrate our 5th Annual Smart Sustainable
Thursday & FridayApril 22nd & 23rd It is with great pleasure that the USGBC Florida Gulf Coast Chapter and the Smart Sustainable Conference announces a call for entries for the 2010… Read more »
GOOD NEWS FIRST – RECYCLING BILL ON HOUSE COMMITTEE AGENDA!
Sent in by Steve Urse/Sierra Club Please call today to SUPPORT Rep. Rehwinkle-Vasilinda’s Recyling HB 1559! This bill will be conformed with the Senate bill down the road, but we need to… Read more »
Clean Energy Advocates & Offshore Drilling Opponents We Need You!
Jump-Start Florida’s Economy and Stop the Threat of Risky Offshore Drilling Help Pass Clean Energy Jobs Legislation this Session March 22nd and 23rd 2010 – Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee – This session,… Read more »
BRADENTON HERALD | GUEST COLUMNIST Solar energy bills vital for jobs – Opinions – Wire – BradentonHerald.com
BRADENTON HERALD | GUEST COLUMNIST Solar energy bills vital for jobs – Opinions – Wire – BradentonHerald.com By Bill Johnson Commentary Manatee and Sarasota counties have displayed long-standing leadership on… Read more »
“Florida’s Next Decade of Renewable Energy” – FARE 2010 Annual Conference
Friday March 26th, 27th, 28th, 2010 – at the Gaylord Palms, Orlando, Florida This event is will serve as the most important opportunity for active participants in the renewable energy… Read more »
“We need something like this for Florida” – Energy Co-ops seems to be picking up steam.
An article that I wrote in November, 2009 about President Obama’s visit to FPL’s solar field in DeSoto County, FL -has created an ongoing conversation amongst my readers. The history… Read more »
On renewable energy, inaction isn’t an option
This appeared in the Sarasota Herald Tribune, Sunday Feb. 28th, 2010 Kelly Kirschner is vice mayor of the city of Sarasota. In 2008 under the leadership of Gov. Charlie Crist, then-… Read more »
What can we expect from our utility company? – 37th Annual PURC Conference
Who is your utility company? Do you know if they are a public or private company? Publicly owned utilities include cooperative and municipal utilities and are owned by the customers… Read more »
This Saturday, Feb13th – Show your love by protecting our coastline from off-shore drilling.
This Saturday, all around the coast of Florida, thousands of people will gather at their area beaches to show how important it is to protect our coastline. Hands Across The… Read more »
Radiation Levels Cloud Vermont Reactor’s Fate – reprint
By MATTHEW L. WALD Published: January 27, 2010 Levels of radioactive tritium have risen rapidly in recent weeks in the groundwater surrounding Vermont’s sole nuclear power plant, leading both longtime supporters and foes… Read more »