Best of the Blogs: Flash Point

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 5-20-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 5-20-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service. 

1.4 million reasons why Publix should join the Fair Food Program…
Coalition Of Immokalee Workers
We’ll begin this post with a bit of history: “If there are some atrocities going on, it’s not our business.”

2016 Elections: How FPL Turkey Point became a flash point
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
These days FPL can’t get out of its own way.

New Shell Oil Spill in the Gulf Underscores Need to Transition to Clean Energy
By Chris Carnevale
CleanEnergy Footprints
An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reported on Friday serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of perpetuating the fossil fuel era through risky offshore drilling.

Republicans’ Refusal To Help Puerto Rico Could Cost Them The 2016 Election
By Alice Ollstein
ThinkProgress
The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is collapsing under the weight of tens of billions of dollars of debt and there is no end in sight for the economic pain.

Hand writing class notes, avoiding devices = better grades
By Kathleeno2014
The Edvocate Blog
Public education “reforms” are forcing the shift to online testing and learning.