ECUA Confident Water Is Cleaner by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Following the repair of a significant leak in downtown Pensacola’s wastewater infrastructure last fall, officials are betting that notable progress has been made…
Category: Environment
Presser Notes: Baptist’s Bid, Recycling Junked & Juneteenth
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Mayor D.C. Reeves began his weekly press conference Tuesday, he noted that the flag fronting Pensacola City Hall flew at half mast, as did flags around the…
Perdido Key signage endangers sea turtles
Surfers Seek to Clear the Beach of Private Property Postings by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Along the beach on Perdido Key, gulf-front property owners have staked their claim, literally, with no-trespassing signs posted,…
City gets $5.95 million to help restore Bayou Texar
A nice follow-up to Jeremy Morrison’s Watershed plan article: The City of Pensacola hasannounces a $5.95 million RESTORE funding award for the Bayou Texar Outfalls Project, which will help improve Bayou Texar…
Watershed Management Plan blueprints restoration efforts
by Jeremy Morrison Years in the making, the Carpenter Creek and Bayou Texar Watershed Management Plan is almost finished. “A lot of time and energy have gone into this,” said Pensacola Mayor…
Carpenter Creek Watershed town hall, 11/15
The public is invited to learn about the future of the Carpenter Creek and Bayou Texar Watershed Management Plan during an open house event Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m. the Bayview…
City reaches agreement on heritage oak
The City of Pensacola has reached an agreement with property owners at 605 N. Spring St. to preserve a heritage live oak tree that the city has sought to protect since 2019….
IP awards $20K for UWF Community Garden
The International Paper Pensacola Mill has awarded the University of West Florida a $20,000 capital grant from the International Paper Foundation. The grant funding will be used to support the UWF Community…
A Celebration of the Season of Creation on Saturday, Oct. 29
Join Earth Ethics at Bayview Park Pavilions as they celebrate our connection and responsibility to the earth with music, speakers, and poetry. Lunch (sandwiches) will be provided by Apple Market for participants….
Podcast: ‘We have a real issue here’
Gloria Horning lives on DeVilliers Street and has been tracking the sewage issue for eight years. I had her on “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning to discuss ECUA’s latest discovery…
Presser Notes: Airport Aspirations & Revealing Roadwork
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Last week, city of Pensacola officials met with a visiting team from the Florida Department of Transportation. It was a productive meeting, Mayor Grover Robinson said during his…
Official statement on Poop leak
ECUA/City/FDEP Team Discovers a Source of Contamination In the course of investigative work for the Downtown/Bruce Beach “Sleuthing” project, debris was discovered in the storm drain at Garden and Spring Streets. This…