Best of the Blogs: For Show

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 4-1-16
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 4-1-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Mismanagement: The Solution to Pollution is NOT Dilution
By Laura Reynolds
CleanEnergy Footprints
Today, as expected, the Governor and his Cabinet unanimously approved the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) plan to add more water to the cooling canal system at Turkey Point, operated by Florida Power and Light (FPL).

Strict New Florida Law Cuts Off Women’s Access To Health Care, Cancer Screenings, And Abortion
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
Last summer, as an attack on Planned Parenthood was underway by anti-abortion fanatics who selectively and falsely edited videos to make it look like the clinics were selling “baby parts,” Florida’s Governor Rick Scott jumped at the chance to cut off women from health care by launching his own “investigation” into PP.

A Florida hero: John Arthur Marshall
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
It was an honor to know John Marshall, who founded the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation in Palm Beach County with his wife, Nancy. 

Study Confirms World’s Coastal Cities Unsavable If We Don’t Slash Carbon Pollution
By Joe Romm
Think Progress
A new study confirms what leading climate scientists have warned about for many years now: Only very aggressive climate action can save the world’s coastal cities from inundation by century’s end.

After being criticized for spending cuts and HIV spike—Florida just erases 25% of its cases for show
By Walter Einenkel
Daily Kos
Florida has had a huge increase in the number of HIV cases over the past couple of years.