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Buried LP gas tanks raise stink.
It was discovered that there was a 1,000-gallon LP gas storage tank buried in front of a neighboring home and a second tank was buried partially next door and under the yard. Highlands Today, Florida. 21 November 2009.
Lots of risk, no reward in drilling off the coast of Florida.
We’re being asked to risk the welfare of tourism and our environment on a list of claims none of which can be supported. This is a giant gamble, a $65 billion gamble, and the odds are not in our favor. TC Palm, Florida. Opinion, 21 November 2009.
EPA intervention in Florida cleanup unwelcome, says DEP.
A panel of experts spoke out Monday in opposition to a federal judge's decision allowing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set surface water pollution standards for Florida -- the first time any state's standards have been overridden in this manner. Suwannee Democrat, Florida. 20 November 2009.
Study ties restrooms to illnesses on cruises.
It is the perfect way to spoil a vacation, and it has happened 66 times since 2005: an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a cruise ship. Now a study suggests one possible culprit: dirty restrooms. Gainesville Sun, Florida. 19 November 2009.
Clean water wins war, now it may be time to pay.
A federal judge's ruling this week will require EPA officials to set pollution standards for lakes and rivers. That will mean everyone - cities, counties, factories, farms - whose operations send pollution to waterways will have to come up with measures to quit polluting. Lakeland Ledger, Florida. Opinion, 19 November 2009.
Testing for groundwater pollution begins near Bay Pines plant.
A team of workers from the Pinellas Health Department has started gathering irrigation well samples in the Bay Pines Estates neighborhood in response to a public health threat first identified nearly 18 years ago. Tampa Tribune, Florida. 17 November 2009.
Natural pollution solution.
While the goal of Gainesville's $24 million Sheetflow Restoration Project is to clean up the polluted Alachua Sink, the added amenity of opening up another gateway to Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park has nature enthusiasts excited. Gainesville Sun, Florida. 16 November 2009.
Scientists 'poking into' reasons for slower wind speeds; climate change eyed.
A new study from Iowa State University found that surface wind speeds, especially in the Midwest and the Northeast, have decreased by an average of 0.5 percent to 1 percent each year since 1973. Palm Beach Daily News, Florida. 15 November 2009.
Employee fired for fuel spill.
Highlands County Solid Waste Director Ken Wheeler on Thursday terminated the employee that he alleges was responsible for a diesel spill at the county landfill. South Sebring News-Sun, Florida. 15 November 2009.
S. Florida water district joins fight against pythons.
Exotic invasive species, compete for food and habitat, upset existing predator/prey relationships, degrade environmental quality, spread diseases and, in our case, may threaten the integrity of flood protection levees and canal banks, and electrical power delivery. TC Palm, Florida. Opinion, 15 November 2009.
FSU Professor studying impact of Gulf of Mexico 'dead zones' on marine life.
Armed with a grant from the NOAA, Kevin Craig is examining "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico hoping to gain a better understanding of how the low oxygen levels are impacting the ecology of the system. Tallahassee Democrat, Florida. 14 November 2009.
Toxins no threat to schools.
Recent tests conducted at two Hillsborough County schools have revealed higher-than-acceptable levels of arsenic, mercury, lead and other toxic contaminants in the soil, the district says. Tampa Tribune, Florida. 14 November 2009.
Before the deluge.
Climate change is upon us and will challenge the people of South Florida in innumerable ways. At a dozen feet above sea level at most, the southern peninsula has been identified as one of the most vulnerable places on Earth to a rising sea. Miami Herald, Florida. Opinion, 14 November 2009.
Law firms signing up clients in Acreage cancer case.
After months of debate about a potential cancer cluster in The Acreage, three law firms have begun signing up clients and considering whom they could sue. The clients are all families of cancer patients who think that environmental contamination may be to blame. Palm Beach Post, Florida. 13 November 2009.
Developers face new water quality requirements.
South Florida water managers issued a memo Thursday updating requirements for developers to comply with water quality rules to treat runoff into polluted waterbodies, particularly nutrients that spur algae blooms that can smother waterbodies. Naples Daily News, Florida. 13 November 2009.
Battery recycler seeks to expand.
Tampa community leaders hope a new processing plant for lead acid batteries can help revitalize a poor East Tampa neighborhood, create jobs and clean up a contaminated property. Tampa Tribune, Florida. 13 November 2009.
State and federal drywall investigators at odds.
Records indicate that as late as July, Florida officials were confounded and frustrated with the continued lack of coordination and cooperation being provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the lead federal agency investigating the tainted wallboard. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida. 12 November 2009.
Big sewer projects proposed.
Largo city officials are moving forward with a plan to prioritize $73 million in sanitary sewer system projects as part of a sewage service improvement plan and to comply with a state Department of Environmental Protection consent order from violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Tampa Bay Weekly, Florida. 12 November 2009.
Fuel firm flouted safety rules.
The fuel company whose tank farm in Puerto Rico exploded in a massive fire last month has been cited for sweeping environmental violations for 10 years, costing $1.3 million in penalties and fines for leaking hazardous waste in the water, air and soil, a nonprofit investigative news organization reported. Miami Herald, Florida. 11 November 2009.
Regulators say conservation goals too low.
The Public Service Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to postpone setting Florida utilities' energy conservation goals, criticizing its own staff for not recommending more aggressive conservation standards. South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Florida. 11 November 2009.
PSC quandary: Will boosting conservation raise electric rates?
Should the state's electric companies be required to reward customers who install energy-efficient light bulbs, buy energy-saving appliances, replace inefficient windows or make other investments that save electricity? St. Petersburg Times, Florida. 10 November 2009.
Jacksonville ranking on Forbes' toxic list rankles City Hall.
City and state officials laced into Forbes Magazine for a list released last week that ranked Jacksonville as America’s eighth most toxic large city. Jacksonville Times-Union, Florida. 9 November 2009.
Smoke-free college trend grows.
Although college students have the highest smoking rates in the nation, colleges are increasingly banning cigarette use on campuses. Miami Herald, Florida. 8 November 2009.
Marine Corps fails to disclose financial ties behind controversial report.
Federal scientists and critics of the Marine Corps say an undisclosed contract with the National Research Council, obtained by the St. Petersburg Times on Friday, is a blatant conflict of interest, in the ongoing saga of Marines exposed to polluted water at Camp Lejeune. St. Petersburg Times, Florida. 7 November 2009.
Chinese drywall no danger to health, experts say.
Three experts from three different companies in the private sector, including two toxicologists and the chief medical officer for an indoor environmental air quality consulting firm, have asserted that defective Chinese drywall is not a hazard to human health. Fort Myers News-Press, Florida. 7 November 2009.
Tainted drywall answers sought at Tampa forum.
Most agree the drywall emits a gas that destroys appliances and corrodes air-conditioning coils and metal pipes. One thing that's not as clear: how the gasses affect the health of those in the homes. Tampa Tribune, Florida. 7 November 2009.
A drill, a spill, a tragedy.
What has happened off the coast of Australia is exactly the kind of disaster opponents of oil and gas drilling off the coast of Florida have been warning us could happen here. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida. Opinion, 7 November 2009.
Dominican town blames U.S. power company AES for birth defects.
A civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in Delaware charges that toxic levels of coal ash waste generated by Virginia-based AES Corp. and dumped at the Arroyo Barril port in the Dominican Republic has resulted in miscarriages and babies with cranial deformities, organs outside their bodies, and missing limbs. Miami Herald, Florida. 6 November 2009.
Power plant debuts carbon-capture system.
American Electric Power's Mountaineer Power Plant, situated on the Ohio River north of Charleston, W. Va., is the first in the world to successfully demonstrate a technology that removes carbon dioxide from its emissions stream and sequesters it in the ground on a large scale. Tampa Tribune, Florida. 6 November 2009.
PSC should expedite landfill methane plan.
It's a good, economically and environmentally sound way to deal with methane gas produced by the decomposition of trash at the landfill. Not only is it too valuable a commodity to waste, methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Pensacola News Journal, Florida. Editorial, 6 November 2009.
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