Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 8-5-16
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 8-5-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.
Florida Solar Month: History of Solar Power in the Sunshine State
By Jonathan Deesing
CleanEnergy Footprints
Some may assume that a state known as the “Sunshine State” would have one of the most thriving solar power industries in the country.
Union Members Kickoff Electoral Campaign
By Richard Quincoces
Fight For Florida
This past weekend, the Florida AFL-CIO kicked off the largest ALL-volunteer based electoral program in the state to prove again that passionate volunteers are the key to victory in November.
Big Sugar Has A Political Problem In Florida, For First Time
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
Big Sugar has operated as a shadow government in Florida for decades, using the heavily protected sugar subsidy in the Farm Bill to buy off incumbents and candidates for public office.
Florida Republicans Took A Bite Out Of Mosquito Control And Enabled A Zika Outbreak
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
As a Zika outbreak hits South Florida, Republicans are trying to deflect blame for their inaction, from the entire party’s obstruction in Congress, to Marco Rubio, to Rick Scott.
Sea Level Rise Could Put Millions Of U.S. Homes Underwater By 2100
By Alejandro Davila Fragoso
ThinkProgress
Sea level rise may put nearly a trillion dollars of U.S. coastal homes underwater by the end of the century, a new real estate study has found.