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After Package From Yemen, Questions About Worker Illness and Government Response

Published on May 13, 2012. Tags: Ann Marie Buerkle, George Chuzi, Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California-Berkeley, Isabel M. Robison, J.J. Barrow, Janet Vieau, Jeffrey A. Lill, Orlando, Terrorism, Timothy Drumm, Trevor Aaronson, U.S. Postal Service, USPS, Yemen

J.J. Barrow and Trevor Aaronson: The U.S. Postal Service refuses to investigate a suspicious package from Yemen that spilled chemicals at an Orlando facility and caused an employee’s debilitating illness.

Published in Environment, Featured, Government, Health, Justice5 Comments

Paquete de Yemen genera preguntas sobre la enfermedad de un trabajador y la respuesta del gobierno

Published on May 13, 2012. Tags: Ann Marie Buerkle, George Chuzi, Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California-Berkeley, Isabel M. Robison, J.J. Barrow, Janet Vieau, Jeffrey A. Lill, Orlando, Servicio de Correos de Estados Unidos, Terrorism, Timothy Drumm, Trevor Aaronson, U.S. Postal Service, USPS, Yemen

J.J. Barrow and Trevor Aaronson: El Servicio de Correos de Estados Unidos se niega a investigar un paquete sospechoso procedente de Yemen que derramó sustancias peligrosas en una instalación de Orlando y le causó una enfermedad debilitante a un empleado.

Published in Environment, Español, Featured, Government, Health, Justice0 Comments

Python Ban: ‘About 30 Years Too Late’

Published on January 18, 2012. Tags: Burmese Python, Department of Interior, Everglades, Everglades National Park, Import Ban, Invasive Species, Ken Salazar, Kris Serbesoff-King, Ralph De La Cruz, Rick Scott, The Miami Herald, The Nature Conservancy

Ralph De La Cruz: The federal ban on the importation of four species of non-native snakes that have overwhelmed the Everglades is welcome news — that’s decades late.

Published in Blog, Environment, Government9 Comments

Large Corporations Cash in on Florida Environmental Fund

Published on December 16, 2011. Tags: 7-Eleven, Cheker Oil Company, Circle K Stores, ExxonMobil Oil, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Grant Smith, Imperial Oil, Inland Protection Trust Fund, M.C. Moewe, Marion County, Pantry Inc.

M.C. Moewe: State fund bolsters companies’ profits while Florida drivers continue to pay.

Published in Environment, Government, Health6 Comments

Grandes empresas se benefician de fondo ambiental de la Florida

Published on December 16, 2011. Tags: 7-Eleven, Cheker Oil Company, Circle K Stores, Contaminación, Departamento de Protección Ambiental de la Florida, Gasolinera, Grant Smith, Imperial Oil, M.C. Moewe

M.C. Moewe: Fondo estatal apoya las ganancias corporativas, mientras que los conductores de la Florida siguen pagando.

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El experimento caribeño de Monsanto

Published on November 22, 2011. Tags: Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Eliván Martínez, Monsanto, Puerto Rico

Eliván Martínez: La principal productora de semillas transgénicas del mundo alquila parte de las mejores tierras agrícolas de la Isla con un esquema de legalidad cuestionable, mientras recibe incentivos de la administración Fortuño.

Published in Environment, Español, Government, Health0 Comments

Planning Meltdown Results in $2.5 Billion Nuclear Mistake

Published on November 16, 2011. Tags: Charles Hovey, Containment Building, Crystal River Nuclear Plant, Florida State University Skybox, John Holliday, Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, Mike Fasano, Progress Energy, Ralph De La, St. Petersburg Times, Steam Generator Replacement, Suzanne Grant, Utilities Commission

Ralph De La Cruz: One of the most expensive nuclear accidents in United States history happened right here in Florida a little over two years ago. And chances are, you probably never even heard about it.

Published in Blog, Economy, Environment, Government0 Comments

Florida Home to Seven Air Polluters on EPA Watch List

Published on November 7, 2011. Tags: Alan Farago, Ananda Lee Tan, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Bay County, BE&k Inc., Brevard County Central Disposal Facility, Broward County, Center for Public Integrity, Cherie Jacobs, Covanta Energy Corporation, Dee Ann Miller, Eager Beaver Trailers, EPA Facility Watch List, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Medical Association, Friends of the Everglades, Global Alliance for Incinerators Alternatives, Hillsborough County, Jacksonville's Environmental Quality Division, James Regan, Kayla Macke, Lake County, Lee County, Lee Hoefert, Mc Nelly Torres, Miami-Dade County Resource Recovery Facility, Montenay Power Corporation, Motiva Enterprises, Naval Air Station, Palm Beach County, Pasco County, Pinellas County Resource Recovery Facility, Port of Tampa, Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Shell Oil Company, Tampa Electric Company's Big Bend Station, Trevor Aaronson, U.S. Clean Air Act, U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Vince A. Seibold, Waste-to-Energy

Trevor Aaronson and Mc Nelly Torres: The EPA’s Facility Watch List names the sites in Florida that federal environmental regulators have classified as “high-priority violators” of the Clean Air Act.

Published in Environment, Health2 Comments

Los siete infractores de la Florida

Published on November 7, 2011. Tags: Alan Farago, Amigos de los Everglages, Ananda Lee Tan, Arabia Saudita, Arabian Oil Company, Babcocks & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Bahía de Tampa, Base Aeronaval de Jacksonville, BE&K, Canadá, Center for Public Integrity, Cherie Jacobs, Condado Bay, Condado Broward, Condado Hillsborough, Condado Lake, Condado Lee, Condado Palm Beach, Condado Pasco, Covanta Energy Corporation, Dee Ann Miller, Dirección de Protección Ambiental (EPA), División de Calidad Ambiental de Jacksonville, Eager Beaver Trailers, Estación Big Bend de Tampa Electric Company, Estados Unidos, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Florida Medical Association, Global Alliance for Incinerators Alternatives, Instalación Central de Desecho del Condado Brevard, Instalación de Recuperación de Recursos del Condado Miami-Dade, Instalación de Recuperación de Recursos del Condado Pinellas, James Regan, Kayla Macke, Lee Hoefert, Ley de Aire Limpio, Lista de Instalaciones en Observación de la EPA, Mc Nelly Torres, Michael Waite, Montenay Power Corporation, Motiva Enterprises, Nueva Jersey, Robert Hauser Jr., Shell Oil Company, Trevor Aaronson, Vince A. Seibold

Trevor Aaronson and Mc Nelly Torres: En la Lista de Instalaciones en Observación de la EPA hay siete en la Florida que las autoridades ambientales federales han clasificado como “infractores de alta prioridad” de la Ley de Aire Limpio.

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For Florida, Water Quality an Increasing Challenge

Published on September 7, 2011. Tags: Agricultural Runoff, Audubon of Florida, Budget Cuts, Eric Draper, Florida Water Resources Act, Impaired Rivers, Ralph De La Cruz, Rick Scott, South Florida Water Mangement District, St. Johns Water Management District

Ralph De La Cruz: With Florida’s water quality at risk, lawmakers have cut 40 percent from the budgets of the state’s five regional water districts.

Published in Blog, Environment, Government2 Comments

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