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Florida Rodeo Spotlights Safety

2016-05-31 22:43:00| Transmission & Distribution World

The Orlando Utilities Commission sponsors the Florida Municipal Rodeo with a focus on safety and families. read more

Florida brewery creates edible beer holders to save marine life

2016-05-29 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Instead of killing animals, our packing design will provide them with food, explains Saltwater Brewery co-founder Chris Gove of his companys biodegradable, edible beer pack rings. The rings, made from wheat and barley waste natural byproducts of the beer-making process are being touted by the Florida-based microbrewery as a pragmatic solution to repurposing waste in the brewing process. It also hopes they can help combat the growing problem of ocean plastic pollution. The packaging starts...

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Rising seas push too much salt into the Florida Everglades

2016-05-25 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: The Florida Everglades is a swampy wilderness the size of Delaware. In some places along the road in southern Florida, it looks like tall saw grass to the horizon, a prairie punctuated with a few twisted cypress trees. The sky is the palest blue. But beneath the surface a different story is unfolding. Because of climate change and sea level rise, the ocean is starting to seep into the swampland. If the invasion grows worse, it could drastically change the Everglades, and a way of life for millions...

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Rising Seas Push Too Much Salt Into The Florida Everglades

2016-05-25 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: Rising Seas Push Too Much Salt Into The Florida Everglades Rising Seas Push Too Much Salt Into The Florida Everglades Audio will be available later today. Facebook Twitter Google+ Email May 25, 20164:55 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Christopher Joyce A view from the Shark Valley Visitors Center in Everglades National Park. Much of the fresh water that used to replenish South Florida's saw grass prairie has been diverted to agriculture,...

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