Independent News‘Environment’ Archives
Microbial Communities Shifted Dramatically After Deepwater Horizon Spill
Communities of microbial organisms -- species such as nematodes, protists and fungi -- on beaches along the Gulf of Mexico changed significantly following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, research from the University of New Hampshire’s Hubbard Center for Genome Studies (HCGS) and [...]
Dollars in the Swamp
The Jones Swamp Wetland Preserve may be seeing some improvements soon. During its meeting this week, the Escambia County Commission will be looking at dedicating $200,000. toward the project in order to receive an equal amount of money from the state. On April 5, commissioners approved an [...]
City Slicker Chickens
Running across the yard, the children play with their chickens. They are not on a farm, or in the rural wilds of Escambia County. The children and their chickens are nestled into the East Hill neighborhood of Pensacola. Picking up one of the two chickens, the little girl explains that it’s an [...]
Navarre Beach Named Best Restored Beach
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) announced on yesterday that the Navarre Beach 2006 restoration project is a winner of its “Best of the Best” Restored Beaches Contest. In 2010, Navarre Beach was one of four beaches nationwide selected as a Beach Restored Beach. [...]
Climate Impact Day
Local environmentalists will gather downtown this Saturday to take part in the planet-wide Climate Impacts Day. According to a press release issued by 350 Pensacola—a local environmental organization—the event will offer an opportunity for “Northwest Florida citizens to join people from [...]
ESPN: Bubba Watson profile
Dissecting the uniqueness of Bubba ESPN By Farrell Evans, with Mitchell Spearman | ESPN.com As a young boy growing up outside Pensacola, Fla. in the tiny village of Bagdad, Bubba Watson would circle the tree-lined acre surrounding his family home playing cuts and draws as well as hitting the ...
Where are the Cobia?
This is a fish story, but not the bragging kind. Twenty-five boats competed last week in the 2012 Outcast Cobia Invitational. After three days of fishing, the total catch was anything but exaggerated. “Not many,” reported James Fink, Outcasts’ hunting manager. “I think it was, like, [...]
Sheen Seen in Gulf
After spotting a sheen in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, a federal agency has required to Royal Dutch Shell to send down a remote submersible to check the sea floor for leaking wells or natural seepage. “The source has not been identified,” said Eileen Angelico, a public affairs officer with [...]
Sen. Nelson Talks RESTORE & More
Senator Bill Nelson checked in with local political and community leaders this morning in Pensacola, spending most of the meeting discussing the RESTORE Act. The Florida senator said that the effort to keep 80 percent of fine money resulting from BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf Coast region had [...]
Tea Party upset over fracking comments
Mike Papantonio and my exchange over BP leasing land in Ohio for fracking caught the attention of the Tea Party,or at least something called "NorthEast Tea Party Patriots." A Brian Maloney sees the questionable drilling practice-- that appears to be causing environmental issues in every state where [...]
Greener, Leaner Escambia
After a year-long effort to reduce its energy consumption, Escambia County has earned its star—its Energy Star. The Escambia County Central Office Complex has been awarded a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star certification. The facility is now listed on the agency’s [...]
BP Filing Flurry
There have been several legal filings lately regarding the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP wants evidence from the feds. An ex-NASA engineer wants money. And the region’s Asian American population doesn’t want to be discriminated against. Last week in a filing in U.S. district court [...]