Category: Environment
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Another blow dealt to Rolling Hills landfill
On Friday, March 13, Special Magistrate with the Office of Environmental Enforcement R. Todd Harris ruled against the management of the Rolling Hills Construction and…
PS podcast: Hovind trial, Gifted students and Manning arrest
This podcast contains the remainder of the Thursday, March 12 interviews on Pensacola Speaks. Attorney Chris Klotz offers insights into the Hovind trial. Debbie Dunkearly…
Water conservation plan needed for the state
When I attended the AP preview press conference in Tallahassee, the need for the state legislature to pass a comprehensive water plan was pushed by…
Pensacola Speaks podcast: Fracking in Florida and Escambia County
On Friday, I interviewed Kim Ross of Rethink Energy Florida on fracking in Florida and Escambia County. She will be in Pensacola today for the…
BP drops attempt to fire claim administrator
NOLA.com is reporting that BP said today that it will drop its bid to oust oil spill claims administrator Patrick Juneau “in recognition of improvement…
Lion fish threat to fishing industry getting attention
Yesterday I interviewed Adam Putnam, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. We did discuss growing problem of lion fish invading Florida waters “Lion fish virtually endemic in…
Pensacola Speaks: Prison reform and Trauma intervention
On today’s show we will Allison DeFoor and Deanna Smith. Dr. DeFoor is a seventh-generation Floridian who is an attorney and Episcopal priest working in…
Judge upholds FDEP revocation of Rolling Hills permit
Today, Administrative Law Judge D.R. Alexander issued a Recommended Order in the Rolling Hills matter that upheld the Florida Department of Envinronmental Protection’s (FDEP) request…
Permaculture: A Hands-on Solution to Climate Change, March 10
Learn how permaculture may help us transition to a more healthy, resilient, and sustainable community in this talk led by Renee Perry and Tom Garner….
Underhill holds community meeting on District 2 projects
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill and the Public Works Department will host a community meeting on Thursday, February 26, at 5:30 p.m., at the Lexington…
County gets an even larger grant for stormwater projects. Federal dollars are rolling into area
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners will be receiving a $5.4 million FEMA grant for flood control improvements. The plan, which was approved last night…
