Best of the Blogs: Hot Water

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 3-25-16
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 3-25-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

FL GOP Tells Women To See Podiatrists And Dentists For STD Treatment, Cancer And Birth Control
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
It’s quite possible by the time you read this, Rick Scott will have already signed the recent bill that will effectively defund Planned Parenthood in Florida into law.

Pollution and the Republican voter in Florida: an underestimated menace
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
Republican voters are in full rebellion against the GOP in Florida.

Florida Cuts Ties With Private Prison Company Notorious For Abuse
By Carimah Townes
Think Progress
For nearly 20 years, a for-profit company called Youth Services International Inc. (YSI) has controlled multiple juvenile facilities in Florida.

Video and Petition: Florida Power and Light in Hot Water with Turkey Point Contamination
By Sarah Gilliam
CleanEnergy Footprints
Heard the news about Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) Turkey Point nuclear reactors’ contamination of Biscayne National Park and the public drinking water resource?

Saving The St. John’s River Needs To Be A Legislative Priority
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
The Florida Squeeze
The St John’s River is the lifeblood for much of Florida’s Peninsula.