Florida Environmental News

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
NOAA: 4th Warmest U.S. Summer on Record
...ove the long term average. The majority of the U.S. had above-average temperatures last month; Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee experienced their 2nd wa...

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
D.O.E. Declares $8.5 Million to Advance Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems
... into an intelligent electrical grid. The SEGIS Stage III selections being announced today: Florida Solar Energy Center of the University of Central ...

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
E.P.A. Complies with Court Decision and Directs Florida to Restore Water Quality in the Everglades
... (ATLANTA - Sept. 3, 2010) - The E.P.A. (EPA) directed the state of Florida to take specific measures to restore water qualit...

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
N.O.A.A. Reopens In excess of 5,000 Square Miles in the Gulf to Fishing
...s stretching from the far eastern coast of Louisiana, through Mississippi, Alabama, and the western Florida panhandle. The reopening was announced after cons...

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Wild Whooping Crane Chicks Fledge in Wisconsin
...peration Migration will guide the young cranes on their 1st southward migration from Necedah NWR to Florida, the cranes' winter home. An add...

Friday, August 27th, 2010
N.O.A.A. Reopens In excess of 4,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area
... percent at its height. On July 22, N.O.A.A. reopened 26,388 square miles of Gulf waters off of the Florida Peninsula, and on August ten opened 5,144 square ...

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Oklahoma Grass Pink Orchid May Warrant Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
...wa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida, with a few scattered populations further east in...

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Vice President Biden Delivers Report on Recovery Act Impact on Innovation
...e, the biggest photovoltaic power plant in North America, the 25 MW DeSoto Solar Park in Pensacola, Florida, was funded in part by the Recovery Act. The powe...

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
U.S. Declares $26 Million Bankruptcy Settlement with Chemical Manufacturer
...ites, including remediation activities in the states of Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New ...