The critically endangered Florida panther: dead cat walking.
By Craig Pittman
Related: Saga of Florida panther is 'sordid story'
On a quiet spring morning two years ago, a sheriff's deputy cruised along a dark suburban street near Fort Myers. The deputy heard a thump, slammed on the brakes.
By Patrick Reis
Environmental groups have petitioned the Obama administration to add 404 species from rivers in the southeastern United States to the Endangered Species List.
By Bruce Ritchie
Related: Outlook for environmental and energy issues
House agrees to provide funding for land-buying program
FloridaEnvironments.com
The House agreed Tuesday to provide money for Florida Forever, ending a year-long funding drought for the state land-buying program.
By Mari Yamaguchi
Japan cautiously welcomed an International Whaling Commission proposal Friday that would effectively allow the resumption of commercial whaling for the first time in 25 years — though under strict quotas that the commission argues will reduce the global catch of the mammals.
he Big Oil roundup: news and information about Big Oil’s push to rig Florida’s coastline for the week ending 4-24-10:
By Bill Cotterell
Related AP story: Oil rig blast prompts environmental concerns
We don't want an oil rig disaster here
St. Petersburg Times
See? Keep the rigs far away: Explosion in the gulf should be warning to Florida
Palm Beach Post
Oil drilling comes up empty this year
Florida Tribune
Gulf of Mexico - Damage to Oil and Gas Infrastructure From Hurricane Katrina
SkyTruth
Senators oppose giving offshore-drilling money to states
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
State Sen. Paula Dockery says state constitution bans oil drilling off Fla. Coast
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Politifact
Destin ‘disappointed' in Obama drilling proposal
Destin Log
Atlantic oil search hearing draws skeptics, boosters
Florida Times-Union
A fiery end to Florida's drilling bill
Northwest Florida Daily News
ACTIONS OPPOSING OBAMA’S DRILLING PLAN
President Obama, Drilling Is Not the Answer, via Friends of the Earth.
Tell President Obama You Oppose Offshore Oil Drilling, via Endangered Species Coalition.
Don’t Sacrifice the Oceans in the Name of Climate Change, via Oceana.Demand that President Obama protect our oceans from oil drilling, via Center for Biological Diversity.
MORE ONLINE ACTIONS
Oppose Oil and Gas Drilling in Florida's Waters, via Audubon of Florida.
Protect our oceans from offshore oil drilling, via Oceana.
Pass a Resolution To Protect Florida's Beaches Now, via Audubon of Florida.
Urge President Obama’s Ocean Policy Task Force to recommend against offshore drilling within any previously protected coastal waters, via Defenders of Wildlife.
Tell Obama: Offshore Drilling is NOT the Answer to Energy Crisis, via Oceana.
Help Drill for Solutions Not for Oil, via Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Let us decide! Petition to Governor Charlie Crist, Senate President Jeff Atwater, and House Speaker Larry Cretul, via Civic Concern.
Contact Your Officials About New Drilling Off Florida's Coasts, via Civic Concern.
Ask your state legislators to keep the rigs out, via Save the Manatee Club.
Write a letter to the editor, via Audubon of Florida.
Write your state legislators, via Audubon of Florida.
Urge Senate President Jeff Atwater to oppose offshore oil drilling, via Progress Florida.
Tell Sen. Atwater Not To Allow Oil Drilling In Special Session, via Audubon of Florida.
Sign the petition against oil drilling, via Protect Florida’s Beaches.
Tell Salazar: No drilling off Florida's Coast, via Environment Florida.
Tell new Senator LeMieux to Repower America, via Environment Florida.
Related action: Don't go drill crazy in the Everglades, via Center for Biological Diversity.
Related action: Keep oil drilling out of climate change legislation, via Oceana.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OF NOTE
Hands Across The Sand website; their Twitter page is here.
Protect Florida’s Beaches, recently launched coalition website.
Protect Florida’s Beaches on Facebook.
Think, Baby, Think blog via Protect Florida’s Beaches.
Don’t Drill Florida website.
Don’t Drill Florida Facebook page.
Save Our Shores Florida website; their Twitter page is here.
Floridians Against Big Oil social network.
Save Our Shores Florida Facebook page.
Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition website.
Environment Florida offshore drilling page.
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy offshore drilling page.
Skytruth blog, an excellent source of info.
Not the Answer blog, courtesy Surfrider Foundation.
Eye-opening map of oil and gas leases and infrastructure in Gulf of Mexico, via MMS.
EnergyFLA.com, online hub of drilling proponents; their Twitter page is here.
MORE GREEN NEWS
By Bruce Ritchie
The Florida House adopted resolutions Wednesday calling on Congress to roll back federal environmental regulations or not adopt new ones.
By Bruce Ritchie
House and Senate budget conferees have agreed to provide $2 million to the Florida Department of Health for an ongoing study of septic tank technologies.
By Dori Sutter
Like a game show, produced and directed by developers and local officials and sponsored by the economy, development provides an entertaining scenario until the show ends with too much growth, too fast and without need.
By Bruce Ritchie
Twelve national and southern environmental groups called on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delay action on proposed new nuclear plants, including two in Florida, because of design flaws that raise safety issues.
By Brian Skoloff
Residents of a neighborhood on the edge of a polluted Florida Superfund site sued the property owners Tuesday, seeking at least $500 million to decontaminate their homes and monitor their health.
By Caren Burmeister
The Atlantic right whale calving season is over, and while it didn't set records, biologists are pleased that 19 calves were born, many of them off St. Johns County's coast.
By David Fleshler
With Burmese pythons infesting the Everglades, the state wildlife commission turned to a formidable force to kill them: Florida's licensed hunters.
By Steven Pearlstein
Six weeks ago, it looked as if there was no chance that Congress would approve climate change legislation this year.
By Mary Ellen Klas
After meeting resistance from the governor and Senate, the House on Thursday backed off a sweeping plan to overhaul the Public Service Commission and instead proposed a plan to study the structure of the utility regulation board.
By Bruce Ritchie
A far-reaching Senate water bill will be amended to address concerns raised by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the bill's sponsor said Thursday.
By Dinah Voyles Pulver
Under orders from state wildlife officials, Flagler County must put together a citizens advisory committee to help determine whether new boat speed limits should be imposed in sections of the Intracoastal Waterway.
State college smashes world recycling record
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Editorial
Miami Herald
Editorial
Tampa Tribune
Editorial
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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