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Victory for the Everglades
This summer, Environment Florida and a coalition of environmental groups, including Natural Resources Defense Council, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Florida Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, Earthjustice and Wildlaw, worked with local activists and elected officials to successfully derail proposals to build two massive coal-fired power plants, including one that would have been constructed just outside Everglades National Park.
Latest attacks on Florida’s coast rejected
Environment Florida’s efforts to make offshore oil drilling one of the highest profile environmental and economic issues in the state paid off when newly elected Gov. Charlie Crist outlined a vision for Florida in his inaugural address as a Florida with “coastlines free of oil drilling.”
Florida steps up to the challenge of global warming
On July 11, Gov. Charlie Crist signed an executive order that sets a goal of reducing Florida’s global warming emissions 80 percent by 2050—a goal scientists say we must reach to prevent the worst effects of global warming.
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