Tag: Environment
ECUA has plan to move plant
Thanks to public record requests – I obtained the powerpoint presentation that O’Sullivan Creel has used in its latest presentations to ECUA board members on…
Priorities
Let’s assume, as the daily newspaper has, that Escambia County and Pensacola have the reserves and/or revenue sources to pay a significant portion of the…
PNJ wants City and County to pay
Today the daily newspaper weighed in on the funding on the relocation of the Main Street Sewage Treatment plant – (City and county should kick…
Bayou fecal problems
From P.A. Ucci: Some clarity is required on the IN News septic tank causality on local bayou pollution. Septic tanks have been frequently cited as…
Saufley Landfill misses deadline…again
The Saufley Landfill is not complying with a judge’s orders to meet the terms of its permit. Neighbors of the West Pensacola landfill have fought…
Clean Energy flick
The Florida tour comes during Energy Awareness month and the tax free week for energy efficient appliances in Florida. Attend one of these 2 screenings…
Conoco checks are in the mail
The last settlement checks from the ConocoPhillips lawsuit are being mailed today – $11.5 million. 7,437 plaintiffs should be getting checks in the next few…
When good ideas go terribly wrong
In 1970s, a group of scientists had this bright idea to use 2 million tires as an artificial reef off the shores of Ft. Lauderdale….
Bush goes green?
The Bush Administration has announced its plan for battling climate changes….drum roll, please….. Throw money at it! $3 billion will allocated for research and development….
Gore: No more payroll taxes
Al “An Inconvenient Truth” Gore has come up with a unique tax method that may boost employment and help the environment. At speech yesterday at…
IN: Aftermath of Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan kicked us out of our nice digs in the Theisen Building. We left half our furniture behind – either destroyed or it was…
Top 10 news stories media didn’t cover
From San Francisco Bay Guardian: 1. THE FEDS AND THE MEDIA MUDDY THE DEBATE OVER INTERNET FREEDOM 2. HALLIBURTON CHARGED WITH SELLING NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO…