Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key Celebrate First Sea Turtle Hatches of the Season – Escambia County is pleased to celebrate the first sea turtle hatches of the season on both Pensacola Beach and…
Category: Environment
Who Said What – Tuesday, July 25
Mayor D. C. Reeves covered the dropping of mandatory curb recycling on the show, but he also discussed the machete attack and changing the city’s height restrictions in the downtown area. He…
Plastics are hazardous: Public Forum
Live on Facebook at facebook.com/earthethics/ today at 1 p.m. watch a public forum on the hazards of plastics and why it is important the State of Florida gives local municipalities their power…
Another $15 million coming to Escambia County
Escambia County is pleased to announce over $15 million in state funding has been awarded to the county from the Resilient Florida Grant Program. The funding is part of $300 million from…
City Gas more eco-friendly
Mayor D.C. Reeves announced at his weekly presser this morning that the city’s compressed natural gas vehicles have now switched to renewable natural gas, contributing to the city’s overall Renewable Energy Goal….
Community Environmental Grants
The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) opened its 2023-2024 Community Grant Program on Wednesday, July 5. This program will fund action projects that serve to restore, preserve, connect, inform, and…
Meet Dayna Reggero
Award-winning filmmaker Dayna Reggero of the Climate Listening Project brings her latest documentary Gulf Coast Love Story to Pensacola on Wednesday, July 19. Healthy Gulf is hosting the screening at 5:30 p.m….
LPR team reaches $1.2 billion settlement with Dupont
Levin Papantonio Rafferty’s years of fighting for clean water is paying off. A national settlement in the amount of $1.185 billion has been reached between Dupont, Chemours, and Corteveva and the Plaintiffs…
Real News: The Magic Man and more
Today’s ‘Real News with Rick Outzen’ touched on today’s news headlines – homelessness w/Quint Studer, UWF Argo baseball, American Magic, State of the Bays, and the festival that kickstarts the Journey to…
Daily Outtakes: First State of the Bays Report
Cool Interactive Report Yesterday, the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program released the first State of the Bays Report for the Pensacola and Perdido Bay Watersheds, which span over 8,000 miles. Why…
Multi-use path connecting Scenic Heights to West Pensacola makes funding list
The Bluffline makes an important list. A 10-mile multi-use greenway stretching from Scenic Heights to West Pensacola has moved closer to reality after FDEP added a trail segment to the funding priorities…
Climate Rally rescheduled due to climate
Pensacola Climate Rally rescheduled to May 6 What: Pensacola Climate Rally Where: Plaza de Luna, 900 S. Palafox St. When: Saturday May 6, 4 p.m – 6 p.m. PENSACOLA—Join with local students,…
Panel: Climate risks to local military bases [podcast]
UWF, American Security Project and retired military leaders to discuss climate-related risks to local military installations WHAT: UWF’s Office of Research Administration and Engagement and the American Security Project have partnered to…
Pensacola Climate Rally rescheduled due to climate
Pensacola Climate Rally rescheduled to April 15 due to rain (originally scheduled for April 8) What: Pensacola Climate Rally Where: Plaza de Luna, 900 S. Palafox St., Pensacola When: Saturday April 15,…
Bayview Park: Spring Into Wellness on Sunday
East Hill Neighborhood Association and City of Pensacola to Host Family-Friendly Health and Wellness Event at Bayview Park East Hill Neighborhood Association, in partnership with the City of Pensacola, will be hosting…
City needs your input on $31 million in grants
The city of Pensacola is pursuing state grant funding for three infrastructure projects, with plans to apply for funding to complete projects at Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park, the Port of Pensacola…
Mayoral Transition Team members discuss environmental issues
Join former Environment Focus Area members of Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves’ Transition Team as they share their findings and recommendations on improving the city’s environmental performance. Kelly Hagen and Christian Wagley report…
Bruce Beach contamination solved?
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…
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,…
