In Memory of
WESLEY C. SKILES
Memorial Celebration and Service Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at Ginnie Springs
The memorial service will begin at 6:00 pm followed by a celebration of Wes’s life. Ginnie Springs will be open to our guests all afternoon. The celebration will last into the evening. You may want to bring the beverage of [...]
To benefit saveourseabirds.org
Featured Bands: Flying Turtles, G Play, Cracker the Box at Kickin’ Devil Café, 2019 NE 27th Ave., Gainesville, FL
Sat. June 26, 7:00 pm
Raffle Prizes / 50-50
$5.00 suggested donation
For more info call Karen Chadwick at 386-983-1256.
Brown Pelican, Fulton Harbour, Fulton, Texas Source=http://www.naturespicsonline.com/ Date= August 22, 2006,
The first tropical depression of the Atlantic 2010 hurricane season has formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico, but it is unclear if it will pass over the massive oil spill in the Gulf.
The storm is expected to become better organized, meteorologist Marie Trabert with the National Weather Service in Jacksonville said Friday.
“There is an [...]
More than two months after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Pensacola awoke Wednesday to the largest onslaught of black crude on Florida’s coast, as more than nine miles of white shoreline and beaches were soaked with syrupy oil.
A health advisory has been issued by Escambia County for parts of Pensacola Beach and Fort Pickens.
“It’s pretty ugly. [...]
By Roger Witherspoon
“Federal regulators have fined Florida Power & Light $70,000 for improperly maintaining hundreds of tons of highly radioactive spent fuel at their Turkey Point 3 power plant near Homestead, in violation of their operating license.
This is the second nuclear facility owned by FP&L to come under NRC fire in two months. In [...]
By Roger Witherspoon
The unfolding events in the Gulf of Mexico underscore the importance of journalists not falling for the industrial mantra that catastrophic events can’t happen today because of “robust” safety systems and “built in redundancy” that ensure environmentally safe operations.
Oil companies have been drilling in the Gulf [...]
Want a job helping to deal with the Gulf Oil disaster?
Employ Florida Marketplace – Gulf Recovery Portal.
“…power generated by burning wood, plants and other organic material, which makes up 50 percent of all renewable energy produced in the United States, according to federal statistics, is facing increased scrutiny and opposition.
That, critics say, is because it is not as climate-friendly as once thought, and the pollution it causes in the short run [...]
I’m finding these reports written by those on the frontlines of the Gulf much more informative than traditional news reports. Here’s one from Melanie Driscoll at Audubon Magazine blog:
“My greatest source of concern for something that can be managed was the inappropriate management of boom. A layer of hard boom to keep oil out [...]
Lola Haskins, who collected supplies to aid in wildlife care in the Gulf, shares this information with us:
“Now we should donate any further supplies to the Florida Wild Mammal Association (wakullawildlife.org).
It’s the only wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organization located in Franklin, Wakulla, Taylor and Jefferson counties (4 coastal counties) that will be heavily impacted [...]
A dead sperm whale has been found floating 77 miles south of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
via Dead whale found south of Gulf oil spill site | Gainesville.com.
In the next few weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release its plan to clean up the 90-acre swath of land near North Main Street that for nearly a century was contaminated by chemicals used to treat utility poles and railroad ties.
The site has been on the federal Superfund [...]
Americans and the World To Join Hands In The Largest Gathering Against Offshore Oil Drilling In History
Hands Across the Sand is now international. Any person in any country may plan events on the handsacrossthesand.org website.
This is a peaceful gathering of the people of America and the world. Planning an event is
as simple as this:
Go [...]
Fred Grimm’s Got it Right:
“Fat cats hate restrictions they’d endure under Amendment 4, which would require voter approval before Florida cities or counties approve developments prohibited by comprehensive land-use plans.
The amendment would cripple Florida’s construction industry and stifle the state economy, they argue.
The catch phrase among the YOLO set was “job killer.”
Despite such foreboding, polls [...]
By Roland Loog
“I am always amazed at where people put their trust. Currently, I have little trust in anything. It may have started back when Newsweek or some rag said “Greed is Good”
The theory was the more we want, the more we spend, the more we produce – good for sales and production. Bad for [...]
We’re asking for support from Gainesville and broader Alachua County community to assist us in raising funds to build a garden in the Porters Community on the corner of Depot Ave. and SW 2nd St. All you have to do is visit this site and vote for our project http://www.justmeans.com/contestidea?ideaid=NDU3
If the project gets the most [...]
From Dave Reed: “This is a very important meeting, and I urge everyone interested in the local food scene to attend.
You can see the official announcement by clicking the ‘click here’ link in the second paragraph, and I would point you to the most recent draft of the energy element under the Attachment: Energy Element Revised Draft June 10.pdf.
Gainesville’s Community Radio station, WGOT – 94.7 FM, hosts Sierra Club Radio. The station features the most interesting description of the oil in the Gulf I’ve heard or read – listen to this interview with Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club: via Sierra Club Radio.
This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Michael [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a community forum for local stakeholders to learn about future use considerations for the Koppers Site. Information presented will include stakeholder reuse goals gathered to date and potential reuse considerations for a range of remedial alternatives.
Members of the Gainesville community are invited by Scott Miller to attend this walkthrough the Koppers Site on June 15 at 7 p.m. to address the possible issue of buried drums. This will be “an informal event with no presentations, etc. but simply a fact-finding approach.” Those who attend must RSVP.
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