Mr. Sunshine

Florida Speaker defends coal?

Florida Power and Light must have cringed when they read that the Speaker of the House, racing to the defense of polluting utilities, declared that Florida was a coal burning region.  So much for all those bill inserts the Speaker gets at his West Miami home saying that FPL is one of the cleanest utilities in the country (using almost no coal compared to their peers).  Florida Power...

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Hybrid sales strong – Hummers and Expeditions soon to be sold for scrap value

Hybrid sales strong – Hummers and Expeditions soon to be sold for scrap value

This post was contributed by Mr. Sunshine, a new greenerMIAMI correspondent. Well, it looks like the American car makers are going to get their clock cleaned again.  An AP story in the Herald by Dee-Ann Durbin reveals: Although a slowdown is expected in the second half of the year, J.D. Power is forecasting total sales of 345,000 hybrids for 2007, a 35 percent increase from 2006 when the...

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Gov. Crist to roll out the green carpet for the “Governator” and Environmental Icon RFK Jr.

Gov. Crist to roll out the green carpet for the “Governator” and Environmental Icon RFK Jr.

This post was contributed by a local resident. greenerMIAMI will actually be attending the Summit and will bring you up to date information as quickly and as often as possible! Stay tuned! Well, to those of us who have been pushing for what seems like eternity for Florida to take action on global warming, the last couple months have been flat-out surreal.  First we have our newly elected...

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