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Alternative Fuels/Energy Conservation
Two competing solar amendments could be on Florida’s 2016 ballot
Update on 22 October 2015: Today the Florida Supreme Court approved the ballot summary for the Floridians for Solar Choice proposed amendment. According to AP, “the group still needs about 500,000 of the 683,149 voter...
Old CSX freight lines could become new commuter rail system for Tampa Bay
By Rob Lorei Today on Radioactivity, we are joined by David Schlissel, a director of the Cleveland-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, about Lakeland Electric’s 364-megawatt coal-burning generator, McIntosh Unit 3, which is...
Sea-level rise causing Pinellas to look at infrastructure
A University of Miami geologist is calling the problem of sea-level rise irreversible because 93 percent of excess heat from global warming is in the oceans; at St. Petersburg College in Seminole Friday, Harold Wanless...
From a Woman’s Point of View Discusses Shell’s withdrawal from Arctic 10/1
Sometimes the people win…….. Who would have thought that all the kayakers, activists rappelling from the bridge and the thousands of other protesting Shell and its efforts to drill in the arctic would have proved...
Should fracking be banned in Florida?
On MidPoint we looked at hydraulic fracturing in Florida and citizens’ efforts to stop it; joining us on the phone from southwest Florida was Dr. Karen Dwyer, co-founder of the Stonecrab Alliance, an environmental advocacy group. Our in-studio...
Everything You Wanted to Know About Owning an Electric Car
By Rob Lorei Today on Radioactivity we listen to the latest edition of Florida This Week, a political talk show moderated by Radioactivity host Rob Lorei. This Episode’s panel ( Tampa Tribune Columnist Joe Brown, ABC...
Florida scientists warn about ocean acidification
There are at least three major ways that skyrocketing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are affecting the oceans and species, like humans, that depend on them; you probably already know about soaring temperatures...
Sierra Club Tampa Bay Area Issues
Today on the Sustainable Living Program we spent the hour with a couple of guests from the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club. We had Tampa Bay’s Executive Group Chairperson, Kent Bailey, and Jim...
Home Solar Versus Utilities on the Sustainable Living Show
On today’s Sustainable Living program we talked with three guests about renewable energy (RE) home power systems, ways to save electricity and other issues related to living on less fossil fuel. Our guests were the...
The plan to have the US run on renewable energy by 2050, and Frontline looks at the debate over vaccinations.
Bi-partisan efforts lead 2016 ballot initiative to expand solar power choice in Florida.
Bi-partisan efforts leads 2016 ballot initiative to expand solar power choice in Florida.
Solar Energy Tour in Tampa
