EPA abandons major radiation cleanup in Florida, despite cancer concerns
By Douglas P. Guarino Center for Public Integrity The Environmental Protection Agency is walking away after a decades-long battle with Florida politicians and industry officials over cleaning up...
View ArticleGov. Scott had stake in pipeline firm whose $3 billion venture he and his...
By Dan Christensen BrowardBulldog.org Shortly after Gov. Rick Scott was elected, a Florida Power & Light executive on his transition team pitched the idea of building a major new natural gas...
View ArticleMiami developer hires governor’s pal; Scott, Cabinet green light Watson...
By Francisco Alvarado BrowardBulldog.org In late March, state emails show, Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection was poised to pull the plug on a long-delayed, contentious plan to build a...
View ArticleGov. Scott’s pipeline investment gets a boost from Florida environmental...
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org State regulators are quietly backing the award of a crucial environmental permit to a company that wants to build a controversial $3-billion natural gas pipeline...
View ArticlePipeline company with tie to Gov. Scott, and state backing, has history of...
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Spectra Energy, the company that state environmental regulators say should be allowed to construct a 267-mile-long natural gas pipeline in North Florida, has a...
View ArticlePipeline foes ask DEP to deny key permit; Cite ‘conflict of interest’ by Gov....
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Opponents of a proposed natural gas pipeline in North Florida are asking Florida regulators to reject the project, citing both dangers to the environment and a...
View ArticlePipeline company to judge: Evidence of Gov. Scott’s investment in us...
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Lawyers for a company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline in north Florida have told a judge that environmental opponents should be blocked from “presenting...
View ArticleJudge: Pipeline foes can’t raise Gov. Scott’s alleged conflict of interest
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org A Tallahassee administrative judge has ruled that environmental opponents of the proposed Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline cannot raise allegations that Gov. Rick...
View ArticleGov. Rick Scott won’t release 2014 tax return or info about his blind trust
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Amid news of Gov. Rick Scott’s investment in a company that’s seeking to build a controversial, $3-billion natural gas pipeline in north Florida, he won’t make...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists blow whistle on state proposal to allow more toxins in...
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org Florida’s rivers, streams, lakes and coastal waters face a dramatic increase in the level of toxic chemicals that cause cancer and other serious illnesses under...
View ArticleFlorida DEP sought little public input about plan to allow more toxins in...
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org With minimum public input, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been working for four years on a proposal that could let more...
View ArticleGov. Scott’s blind trust and a company with a massive pollution problem
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org When Gov. Rick Scott put $133 million of his assets into a blind trust two years ago, he included his shares of Mosaic, owner of the Central Florida fertilizer...
View ArticleWith help from investor-Gov. Scott, Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline looks to...
By Joseph A. Mann Jr. FloridaBulldog.org The Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline, a giant interstate project whose tail reaches over 268 miles into Florida, has generated fierce opposition as its...
View ArticleFlorida DEP sought little public input about plan to allow more toxins in...
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org With minimum public input, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been working for four years on a proposal that could let more...
View ArticleGov. Scott’s blind trust and a company with a massive pollution problem
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org When Gov. Rick Scott put $133 million of his assets into a blind trust two years ago, he included his shares of Mosaic, owner of the Central Florida fertilizer...
View ArticleWith help from investor-Gov. Scott, Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline looks to...
By Joseph A. Mann Jr. FloridaBulldog.org The Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline, a giant interstate project whose tail reaches over 268 miles into Florida, has generated fierce opposition as its...
View ArticleHeadlines and links to Florida Bulldog’s five years of reporting on Gov. Rick...
From a Miami reader of Florida Bulldog: “Your series on [Gov. Rick] Scott and corruption has been terrific and significant. How about, as soon as possible, posting a summary, i.e. the headline and link...
View ArticleBroward’s elections chief misled ethics commission about Scott’s sham blind...
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Gov. Rick Scott’s newly appointed Broward elections boss was a staunch defender for Scott’s sham blind trust, and falsely told the Florida’s ethics commission five...
View ArticleArsenic and old sludge: A Hollywood environmental story
By Benjamin Paley Hollywood Gazette and Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Hollywood’s plans to buy a former golf course and convert it into a nature preserve and passive public park are moving slowly...
View ArticleHollywood makes final push to buy ex-golf course as owner plans for RV park
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Feb. 19 UPDATE: The Hollywood City Commission Wednesday took a tentative step toward purchasing the former Sunset Golf Course for as much as $12 million. The post...
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