Environment
Everglades Water Supply Summit
Friday, January 20th, 2012The Everglades Water Supply Summit took place on January 17th and 18th. It was a well attended, and planned event and I was glad to be asked to be a part of it.
Same as Marriage Amendment?
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Comparisons are being made between Amendment 2 in 2006 and a proposed amendment to ban oil exploration. The big differ- ence between the marriage amendment and the ban on drilling is that the marriage amendment was put on the ballot by over600,000 Floridians, not legislators, after a lengthy petition drive. The Florida Legislature refused to [...]
Special Session Update
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010This week the Legislature convened for a Special Session called by Governor Crist to consider placing a constitutional amend- ment banning offshore oil drilling on the November ballot. I have been asked to share my thoughts about the Special Session w ith many of you and we thought it appropriate to communicate directly with you [...]
Water Quality and House Bill HM 1589
Friday, July 2nd, 2010For several months I’ve been speaking out against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s imposition of federal water standards for Florida. Despite our national leadership in water quality improvement and large-scale restoration programs, Florida is being singled out by the EPA.
