by Jeremy Morrison Lionfish are as dangerous as they are beautiful. The invasive species — filling local waters at an alarming rate in recent years— threatens to take a serious bite out…
Category: Environment
PS Today: Everglades Foundation CEO
Eric Eikenberg, CEO of the Everglades Foundation, will be on Pensacola Speaks today. We will talk about the implementation of Amendment 1 and his efforts to get lawmakers to buy land from…
Guy Harvey Brings Fine Art and Lionfish Awareness to Pensacola
Press Release: Famed artist and marine conservationist, Dr. Guy Harvey, will be in Pensacola May 15-17 to kick off his art exhibit at the Pensacola Museum of Art. Harvey will also spend…
Hayward revisits Piedmont Road
As better weather sparkled across the freshly laid blacktop, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward thought back to last year. “I can remember Chief Simmons picking me up and driving through the city,†Hayward…
Breaking news: Bayview Community Resource Center to be demolished
Inweekly reporter Jeremy Morrison attended the first stop on Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Flood Recovery Tour. At an informal press conference on Piedmont Road, Mayor Hayward said the Bayview Resource Center will be…
Mayor Hayward takes flood retrospective tour
It was on the evening of April 29, 2014 that the area experienced nearly continuous rain that dumped over 20 inches of rainfall. To mark the first anniversary of the April 2014…
Rolling Hills Landfill Cited
Press Release: Today the Escambia County Division of Code Enforcement cited the owners of the Rolling Hills Landfill, located at 6990 Rolling Hills Road, for failing to comply with a ruling issued…
Project Greenshores a finalist in national contest
Project Greenshores, the coastal restoration project along the Downtown Pensacola waterfront that was completed in 2007, is a top 10 finalist in Solution Search’s national contest, “Reducing our Risk: Innovation for Disaster…
File under ‘We told you so:’ Dispersant used by BP was bad
A study published in the PLOS One online journal says Corexit 9600, the dispersant most often used during the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, might cause damage to cells in human lungs…
Fordham law students visit Wedgewood community
Dr. Gloria Horning is hosting a group of Fordham University Law students who are studying who has happened in the Wedgewood community, looking at the environmental, health and legal issues involved. Yesterday,…
FDOH: Wedgewood air identified as public health hazard
Yesterday the Florida Department of Health, Public Health Toxicology, mailed the community update to about 650 property owners near the Rolling Hills Landfill. This update summarizes the Department’s draft health consultation report,…
BP spin machine called out
In a news statement released yesterday, BP claims that the “…Gulf environment (is) returning to pre-spill conditions†although the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA Trustees) are still…