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A Bunch of Rattlesnakes
- Florida Keys News (new window)
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2010-07-31 |
| "Failure even to consider putting Florida's shoreline drilling ban on the November ballot, despite overwhelming popular support, is unacceptable. It is short-sighted at best and infuriatingly loyal to oil interests at worst." Amen. | |
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Holding Hands to Protest Oil Drilling
- WPLG (new window)
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2010-06-26 |
| Environment Florida's Adam Rivera is interviewed hours before Hands Across the Sand. | |
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Drilling Is Dirty, Dangerous and Doesn't Deliver
- Florida Keys Keynoter (new window)
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2010-05-02 |
| The spill threatening Gulf waters and beaches and habitats is tragic and wholly unnecessary, said Adam Rivera, an advocate at Environment Florida. "Lovers of clean beaches will be sick with grief if the spill becomes entrained in the Gulf stream and reaches the Keys," said Rivera. "Those who know the truth must make the most of this chance to reaffirm to fellow Floridians: Drilling is dirty, dangerous and it doesn't deliver." | |
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Oil fuels fishermen's fears
- Panama City News Herald (new window)
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2010-05-02 |
| "Entire Gulf fish stocks could be deemed unsafe to eat (if the slick worsens)," Environment Florida advocate Adam Rivera wrote in an e-mail. "And literally billions of fish eggs and larvae are at risk, making the long-term implications of this spill particularly worrisome." | |
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After spill, local officials question safety of oil drilling
- Panama City News Herald (new window)
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2010-04-24 |
| "If there is any silver lining to a tragedy like this, it's that folks will start looking at the dark side of drilling," Rivera said. "It will bring out into the sunshine what the dangers of drilling actually, really are." | |
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An ominous warning
- Tampa Tribune (new window)
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2010-04-24 |
| Florida Rep. Dean Cannon, Sen. Mike Haridopolos and other pro-drilling legislators have not had to account for a drop of it as they push to drill just miles from our shoreline. Pro-drilling leaders must tell us why they support putting people in harm's way for a false solution deemed to have no discernible impact on gas prices or energy independence. | |
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State Sen. Paula Dockery says state constitution bans oil drilling off Fla. coast
- St. Petersburg Times Politifact (new window)
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2010-04-21 |
| One expert we consulted, advocate Adam Rivera at Environmental Florida, which likewise opposes drilling, wondered if the senator’s soundbite was actually "wishful thinking on her part -- and ours. Hey, if she’s looking to get that process started, we’re right there with her." | |
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Fans, protesters ready to greet Obama in Miami
- Miami Herald (new window)
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2010-04-15 |
| "Our goal is to show the president that there's substantial public support for protecting Florida's shorelines," said Sarah Bucci, 22, of Miami Beach, an organizer for Environment Florida. "We're going to let President Obama know that if he comes to Florida, he's going to see us out." | |
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Obama attends fundraisers in S. Fla.
- WPLG 10 (new window)
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2010-04-15 |
| "Our coastline is not a partisan issue," said Sarah Bucci, who is against the oil drilling. "When he comes to Florida, he's going to hear from us." | |
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Nelson's stand dismays critics of oil drilling
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune (new window)
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2010-04-02 |
| "That was the real surprise," said Adam Rivera, with Environment Florida, a Miami-based nonprofit group that has fought against offshore drilling. "I have never seen the membership of my organization so upset. They are angry at President Obama, and those who are aware that Senator Nelson apparently supports President Obama's plan, feel betrayed." | |
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Drilling debate mostly muted
- St. Petersburg Times (new window)
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2010-04-02 |
| But environmentalists and others skeptical of drilling were puzzled by the early embrace. "Sen. Nelson, of all elected leaders, should know that chronic pollution and oil spills obey no boundaries," said Adam Rivera of Environment Florida. | |
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Obama offshore drilling plan spares South Florida - NOTE: HEADLINE IS NOT TRUE!
- Miami Herald (new window)
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2010-04-01 |
| Environmentalists who have opposed past efforts to lift bans on offshore oil drilling, quickly hammered the proposal -- and Nelson for not being more forceful. "Senator Nelson, of all elected leaders, should know that chronic pollution and oil spills obey no boundaries," said Adam Rivera of Environment Florida. | |
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Drilling buffer polarizes state
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune (new window)
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2010-04-01 |
| Obama tried to assure environmental groups on Wednesday that drilling could be done without harming the environment. It did not work. "Oil drilling in Florida waters is the fool's gold of American energy policy," said Adam Rivera, of Environment Florida, a not-for-profit environmental group based in Florida. "It represents wasted effort, and an unnecessary degree of risk, for no real reward." | |
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Obama's drilling plan draws mixed reaction in Panhandle
- Northwest Florida Daily News (new window)
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2010-04-01 |
| Environmental groups across the state came out against it, including Audubon of Florida and Environment Florida. Likewise, some area chambers of commerce ex-pressed disapproval of the plan. | |
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Florida environmentalists blast Obama oil plan
- Bradenton Herald (new window)
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2010-03-31 |
| "Environment Florida is outraged by today's announcement on offshore drilling," said Adam Rivera, Environment Florida advocate. "It makes no sense to threaten Florida's coastline with spills and other drilling disasters when the Obama Administration is about to unleash the real solutions to oil dependence -- cleaner cars and cleaner fuels." | |
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Florida Lawmakers Wary Of Drilling Plans
- National Journal (new window)
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2010-03-31 |
| "Of all elected leaders, [Senator Bill Nelson] should know that chronic pollution and oil spills obey no boundaries," Rivera said. "There can be no politically determined border that safeguards Florida's $65 billion-a-year coastal economy -- or the sensitive military operations that rightfully concern Senator Nelson." | |
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Obama moves to open Florida coast to drilling
- St. Petersburg Times (new window)
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2010-03-31 |
| Anti-drilling groups pledged to fight. "This is a sad day for Florida," said Adam Rivera of Environment Florida. | |
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Cannon Nudges Oil Bill
- Sunshine State News (new window)
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2010-03-20 |
| Critics of offshore drilling continued to lash out at the measure. Adam Rivera, Legislative Analyst for Environment Florida, said, "It's unfortunate that advocates of offshore drilling haven't been as [persistent] with their attempts to find clean, natural solutions as they are in pushing their own agenda." | |
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Offshore Drilling interview
- Tampa Bay Radio 97X (new window)
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2010-03-14 |
| "The bottom line is: Florida coastline brings in $65 billion annually for the economy and employs one million Floridians. Drilling will never be able to compete with that. All it could do, in fact, is harm what we've already got in Florida," said Environment Florida's Adam Rivera. | |
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Body of evidence
- Gainesville Sun (new window)
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2009-12-13 |
| "Offshore drilling has no place in a climate bill," argues Adam Rivera, of the advocacy group Environment Florida. "Drilling means more emissions, and more emissions in a bill designed to reduce emissions is the very definition of a wrong approach." | |
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New report says oil drilling will harm Florida coasts
- WMNF Radio (new window)
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2009-12-02 |
| Oil spills release harmful chemicals like lead and mercury into the waters, which then contaminate the fish we eat, causing harmful impact in humans such as reproductive and developmental problems. Adam Rivera, an advocate with Environment Florida, questions what companies these lobbyists represent. | |
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Gulf of Mexico drilling proposal worries conservationists, tourism officials
- Ft. Myers News-Press (new window)
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2009-11-23 |
| Oil spills kill fish, birds and tourist reservations. So conservationists and beach businesses alike fear that just one big one from a future offshore oil platform could muck up tourism to the tune of millions of dollars. Florida's past brushes with oil accidents show how just modest spills can devastate wildlife and local economies. | |
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Editorial: Messy business
- Gainesville Sun (new window)
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2009-08-02 |
| "With tar balls washing up on famous Texas beaches and an oil slick almost the size of the city of Tampa floating around the Gulf of Mexico, how can we think that oil drilling is safe enough and clean enough to put within 10 miles of Florida's beaches," asks Adam Rivera, of the advocacy group Environment Florida. "We need Gov. Crist to stop talking about gambling with our coastline before beaches close and tourists leave." | |
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D.T. Minich to testify before committee on Gulf drilling
- Tampa Bay Business Journal (new window)
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2009-02-10 |
| Pressure at the pumps thrust offshore oil drilling and the tourism industry into the spotlight last summer. Now, D.T. Minich, executive director of Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater, is scheduled to testify Wednesday in Washington before the House Committee on Natural Resources to discuss the issue. | |
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DOE: New drilling would take 22-years to help, would not be significant
- Tallahassee Democrat (new window)
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2008-06-20 |
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Where Offshore Drilling Goes, Beaches Suffer
- St. Petersburg Times (new window)
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2008-06-19 |
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Our position: Florida's governor seems to be putting politics ahead of environment
- Orlando Sentinel (new window)
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2008-06-18 |
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Fla. CFO angry over gov's switch on oil drilling
- Forbes (new window)
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2008-06-08 |
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Castor's bill protects Fla. shores from drilling
- Bradenton Herald (new window)
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2008-04-22 |
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Meeting energy needs
- Orlando Sentinel (new window)
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2008-02-03 |
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