Category: Environment
City of Pensacola gets snippy
City of Pensacola PIO Vernon Stewart would not provide Inweekly reporter Duwayne Escobedo the most recent soil test results. He told the reporter that the…
A lot of activity in the Pensacola Tanyards, Commissioner May requests construction specs
Dr. Gloria Horning called. She is onsite with Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy. It appears fencing may be going up and inspectors are checking the soil…
Horning disputes City of Pensacola 3-1-1 report
The City of Pensacola PIO, Vernon Stewart, told Inweekly today, “Our 311 rep said that the one person who called 311, now believed to be…
Source says Government St. soil not contaminated
Inweekly has spoken with a source familiar with the Government Street stormwater project who says the soil being removed from the site is not contaminated…
How to destroy a Pensacola neighborhood or ‘You oughta see all the rats’
Community activist Dr. Gloria Horning summed her feelings about what is happening in the Tanyards neighborhood only two blocks from Pensacola City Hall in four…
Tanyard residents upset about Pensacola stormwater project
Since May, the City of Pensacola has worked on building a huge stormwater pond on West Government Street, two blocks from City Hall next to…
Clean up Carpenter Creek [podcast]
This week, I interviewed Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy about her efforts to clean up Carpenter Creek. She and Councilwoman Sherri Myers had a tremendous response…
Levin Papantonio honored for Environmental litigation
The Law Firm of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty, & Proctor has won the Special Litigation (Environmental) category in the 2016 Elite Trial Lawyers recognition…
350 Pensacola takes on Trump and the environment, Nov. 29
PENSACOLA—Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States, bringing concern to many that much of the work to protect and preserve our natural environment…
Why is Gulf of Mexico in five-year drilling plan?
Mary Gutierrez of Earth Action and other local environmentalists are concerned the Department of Interior has kept the Gulf Of Mexico in its five-year plan…
EPA partners with Escambia County to clean up Bayou Chico
The U.S. EPA Gulf of Mexico Program recently announced that the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners has received a $295,500 cooperative agreement for the…
Lionfish King crowned, FWC celebrates removal of more than 111,000 lionfish
Shortly after announcing the removal of more than 100,000 lionfish from Florida waters, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today presented a custom-made,…