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Burns Gets Creative Managing Waste in One Florida County
2016-08-15 16:10:00| Waste Age
Willona Sloan Burns was named as one of Waste360s 40 Under 40 recipients for helping maximize what goes to the countys waste-to-energy facility rather than its lone landfill. read more
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Study: South Florida susceptible to underground mix of salt water with freshwater
2016-08-07 13:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Real Deal: Ohio State University hydro-geologist Audrey Sawyer said only a minor amount of seawater will make drinkable water undrinkable. The journal Science published a new study showing 9 percent of U.S. coastal areas are susceptible to a contaminated underground mix of fresh water and salt water, including southeastern Florida. The study features the first map of underground water flows ever developed. The technical name for these flows is "submarine groundwater discharge." These flows bring fresh...
Florida Gov. Scott bashes others over Zika funding, but slashed mosquito control money
2016-08-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: As the Zika virus spreads in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott has toured the state, talked up his administration's commitment to fighting the mosquito-borne ailment and frequently criticized Congress and President Obama for not spending enough to help out. But Scott is far less eager to talk about his own record of cutting mosquito-control programs over the years, including the elimination of a state-funded pesticide-testing facility that was once known as "the mosquito lab." "Let's look at the success...
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Millions of GM mosquitoes could be released in Florida to combat Zika virus
2016-08-04 06:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released into the state of Florida to combat Zika virus after 15 people caught the disease from local insects. Congress could decide within weeks to grant an emergency licence to British biotech company Oxitec, which has engineered a line of insects whose offspring are unable to grow to adulthood, and so cannot reproduce. The company has already build a lab in the Florida Keys and is just waiting for the green light from the government and...
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Power Grid Engineering Opens New Headquarters Location in Lake Mary, Florida
2016-08-01 18:47:00| Transmission & Distribution World
LAKE MARY, Fla. (July 29, 2016) – Power Grid Engineering (PGE) combines its three Winter Springs offices and recently opens a new headquarters location in Lake Mary, Fla due to rapid growth. read more
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