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FPL and Florida National Guard Partner to Enhance Disaster-Response Capabilities
2014-06-15 22:05:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has initiated a first-of-a-kind partnership with the Florida National Guard designed to enhance each organizations overall response capabilities to natural and man-made disasters, with a focus on severe storms. read more
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University of Florida green lights $45 million sports complex renovation
2014-06-11 21:38:00| American School & University
The UAA Board of Directors voted to begin the process of choosing a design firm, which it expects will take about 10 months. read more
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Florida Congressman: If Humans Cause Climate Change, Why Did The Dinosaurs Go Extinct?
2014-06-09 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: A Republican lawmaker from Florida dipped his feet deeper into climate denial on Monday, saying it is "foolish" to believe humans can cause global warming, and justifying his logic with a strange comparison to dinosaur extinction. MSNBC host Richard Lui asked Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) if he was concerned about the fact that voters tend to believe scientists on the issue of climate change. Miller replied by saying scientists were not in agreement, and that the climate has been naturally changing...
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New Case of Chikungunya Virus Hits Florida
2014-06-07 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Health officials in Brevard County in Florida have identified a new case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya disease, raising the number of known cases the state has seen this year to 19. According to the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County, the infected patient, who remains anonymous, had recently traveled, making the case a likely imported instance of chikungunya fever. "With a large number of people traveling to and from the Caribbean in Florida we have been monitoring for possible...
Florida Republican leaders balk at climate change
2014-06-07 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Few places in the U.S. are more vulnerable to rising sea levels than low-lying South Florida. It's a tourist and retirement mecca built on drained swampland. Other coastal states and the Obama administration are taking aggressive measures to battle the effects of global warming. But Florida's top Republican politicians are challenging the science and balking at government fixes. Among the state's chief skeptics are U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush both possible presidential candidates...
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