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This is the Lower Slate Lake – 2005 In June of 2005, the Army Core of Engineers gave the go ahead for the Coeur d’Alene Mines to dump 4.5 MILLION… Read more »

since the bill is being voted on today, I thought it would be good to publish this. Just a brief synopsis of the American Clean Energy Bill via Earthbeat Podcast… Read more »

This is the second installment of my interviews with our local state legislators. I met with Rep. Holder at his office to talk about his thoughts on where we’ve been… Read more »

Green Jobs are the key to our future. the problem is that we just can give out the keys fast enough. If you are looking for a job in the… Read more »

From the Nuclear Information and Resources Servicehttp://www.nirs.org/ The Waxman-Markey climate bill (HR 2454) is now scheduled to reach the House floor for a final vote on Friday, June 26. The… Read more »

Darren Samuelsohn and Ben Geman, E&E senior reporters Two powerful House Democratic committee chairmen announced terms of a deal this evening on a comprehensive global warming bill, paving the way… Read more »

Today, in Sarasota, FL a coalition of elected officials will appear in city hall to address their power company, Florida Power and Light (FP&L). FP&L is holding public hearings to… Read more »

For each day we wait in hope that tomorrow’s opportunities will present itself, we lose. For each opportunity that we pass on, we will live with regret. For tomorrow will… Read more »

I was on a conference call with Chairmen Waxman and Markey about their energy bill today. The bottom line for them is: “chances like this come up once every 15… Read more »

This is my recent article for Creative Loafing: June 3rd, 2009 by Susan Nilon in News, Sarasota-Manatee Eric Corey Freed is the author of Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies,… Read more »

Reprinted from Grist – May 29,2009 H. 446 is the first legislation calling for a full system of advanced renewable tariffs in the US to pass the legislature and become… Read more »

The latest causality of this past Florida legislative session is Senate Bill 2080. SB 2080 was introduced by Sen. Carey Baker, Eustis, and Sen. J.D. Alexander of Winter Haven. This… Read more »

The Orange County Convention Center was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the state of Florida to be used to install a one-megawatt rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The largest… Read more »

How do we move beyond legislation and implement sustainability. This May, there will be a conference in Orlando called Green Cities. It’s the first step. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui1MX-4jSmk&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]

This is worth the read. Reprinted: ANDREW C. REVKIN Published: April 23, 2009 For more than a decade the Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to… Read more »