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Hurricane Helene, which killed at least 130 people across six states and flooded homes in the Tampa Bay area that had never flooded before, is an example of the kinds of monster storms the United States should expect in the coming decades because of climate change, WLFA-TV Ch. 8 Chief Meterologist Jeff Beradelli says.
Beradelli, who earned a master’s degree in climate change from Columbia University, discussed the long-term impact of climate change in the wake of Hurricane Helene Tuesday (Oct. 1) during an interview on WMNF WaveMakers with Janet & Tom.
Helene created the highest storm surge to hit Tampa Bay in more than 100 years, the third-highest in its history, after hurricanes in 1848 and 1921. And while forecasters accurately predicted the storm surge, it was still a shock to see it, Beradelli said.
“You just don’t know until you see it with your own eyes,” Berardelli said.
Beradelli said he recently completed a study with the U.S. Department of Energy about the impact of climate change on storms over the next few decades. “It was pretty astonishing actually,” Berardelli said. He found there could be a 215 percent increase in the number of major hurricanes targeting the United States by 2060. Instead of 100-uear events we will see 30-year events, he said. “The warmer water is sending more storms toward the U.S.,” he said
Hurricane Helene was so deadly because it was so large, he said. Other storms, like Michael, were more intense but not as big. And it was moving fast, so it didn’t dissipate once hitting land. Instead, it slammed into the mountains of North Carolina, unleashing 20 inches of rain on an area that already had received a foot of rain, he said.
But climate change is putting more moisture in the atmosphere, so even summer storms are dumping more water on Florida. This summer, the record for rain in a 24 hours was broken in Tampa.
In general, the earth has 10 percent more water vapor in the atmosphere than 30 years ago. That not only produces more rain; it means this summer was the most humid on record, beating the record set just last year.
What’s unclear, Beradelli said, is how this will affect the insurance market in Florida going forward. “We’re going to see profound effects of hurricanes in Florida,” he said.
But it’s not just Florida, he said. Floods not normally seen are “happening everywhere and all the time” around the world, he said. “If people understood that, they’d understand the challenge we’re facing with climate change,” he said.
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It is always mosquito season in Florida and always a good time to be vigilant against mosquito bites due to the possibility of exposure to disease. On Wed. August 28, MidPoint hosted Dr. Tom Unnasch, Prof. Emeritus, USF College of Public Health, and Dr. Michael Teng, a professor of immunology at the USF School of Medicine to tell us all about the mosquito-borne viruses that are plaguing us in Florida and around the world. This was especially timely as Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, announced this week that he was hospitalized for several days with a case of West Nile Virus that he had caught from a mosquito in his backyard. Dr. Fauci said the virus “hit him like a truck” and it was the “sickest he had ever been from a virus.” We learned that Dr. Fauci’s case was a rare example of a serious bout of the West Nile virus that is more likely to affect the elderly and can result in lasting neurological issues, but which is usually asymptomatic in others. Because so many incidents of West Nile show no symptoms, cases of it are vastly under-reported.
Likewise, another mosquito-borne virus in the news recently caused the death of a person in New Hampshire. Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE, is a virus that occurs naturally in many types of wild songbirds, including blue jays, tufted titmice, chickadees, catbirds, and cardinals. Birds infected with EEE are considered reservoirs for the disease, as they maintain high levels of the virus even though they don’t develop the disease. It spreads through the bite of an infected mosquito and can affect people of all ages. Unlike West Nile, 30%of people infected with EEE die from it. The symptoms of EEE are similar to many of the other mosquito-borne viruses and include fever, headache, vomiting diarrhea, and even seizures, and there are no known vaccines to prevent it. So, don’t get bit!
The latest plague of things that bite us in Florida is the Oropouche virus or Sloth Fever. This virus is mostly spread by midges or “no-see-ums” and some types of mosquitoes. The symptoms can be sudden fever, severe headaches, chills, joint pain, extreme light sensitivity and a rash that starts on the trunk and spreads to the extremities. Accordig to the FL Dept. of Health, there have been 30 cases of Oropouche virus reported in Florida this year, with 10 of them in the last week alone, including 5 in Hillsborough County. All of the reported cases were found in people who had recently traveled in Cuba. The symptoms of this disease typically last a week, but can recur days or even weeks later. It has been particularly devastating to pregnant women who experienced numerous adverse birth outcomes including miscarriage, fetal death, and microencephaly, or babies born with abnormally small heads. Dengue fever is another mosquito-borne virus that occurs in areas with reported Oropouche virus. There have been 25 cases of locally acquired dengue reported in Florida in 2024 so far, including in Pasco, Hillsborough, and Manatee counties in the WMNF listening area. Hillsborough is currently under a Mosquito-borne disease alert for dengue with 2 cases reported in June. But, the number of travel-related dengue cases is much higher with some 417 cases in Florida with most of them coming from Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina.
Climate change is a big contributor to the rise in mosquito-borne diseases. Fortunately, Florida maintains a robust surveillance system for mosquito-borne viruses using Sentinel Chickens that are tested regularly to alert us of the presence of these viruses locally.
According to Dr. Unnasch, our biggest disease danger in the US and Florida right now is from Bird Flu. He worries that we are not adequately surveilling our meat, dairy, and poultry industries to prevent the spread of bird flu which could morph into a pandemic that could rival our experience with Covid-19. There have been 13 cases of human bird flu transmission reported in the US so far, but the dangers of further spread are lurking. The biggest source of concern now is an outbreak in dairy cows that has spread across 8 midwestern states. The virus ravaged the poultry industry since 2022 destroying more than 90 million poultry to contain the spread so chicken and egg prices have risen. Unfortunately, the disease has now jumped from poultry to cows and the US Dept. of Agriculture has been slow to track that jump and slow to share information about the genetic sequencing of the virus which is necessary to develop vaccines and targeted treatments. Some experts are concerned that the USDA has a conflict of interest since their primary mission is to promote American agriculture, not regulate it and they are not equipped to address this threat. There are calls to transfer the response to bird flu to the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control.
As of August 21, 2024, there have been no cases of H5N1 bird flu found in Florida residents or in dairy farms but the virus has infected wild birds, backyard chickens, and at least one dolphin, so vigilance is warranted. Dr. Teng tempered the dangers we discussed by reminding us that the government has improved access to personal protective equipment since Covid and has stockpiled medications like Tamiflu which can be used to treat bird flu, and, since Covid, we have better structures in place to ramp up vaccine development and production if necessary. However, he did warn us that it was very important to avoid raw milk and rare meat, poultry, and eggs to avoid exposure to bird flu. Bird flu is inactivated by heat so cooking to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F is recommended to kill bacteria and viruses.
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CS for August 19, 2024
On the eve of primary elections in Florida, human rights are on our minds on this World Humanitarian Day. Florida outdoors workers feel like they are suffocating as a state law prohibits providing water and shade to such workers.
Also, commemorating women’s suffrage with the passage of the 19th Amendment stating the right to vote cannot be denied based on sex. The Democratic National Convention will start tonight. History will be made as the process begins nominating Vice-president Kamala Harris for President of the United States.
The choice facing voters? forward or backwards.
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By Jim Saunders ©2024 The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Duke Energy Florida and consumer representatives Monday filed a proposed settlement that would increase base electric rates — but not as much as Duke originally sought.
The proposal, which needs approval from the state Public Service Commission, would increase base rates by $203 million in 2025 and $59 million in 2026 and includes increases over a three-year period for solar-energy projects, according to a filing at the commission and a Duke news release.
Duke reached the agreement with the state Office of Public Counsel, which represents consumers in utility issues, and other parties in the rate case — the Florida Retail Federation, the Florida Industrial Power Users Group, Nucor Steel Florida, Inc. and PCS Phosphate-White Springs.
“This agreement delivers the smarter, cleaner energy future customers deserve while prioritizing reliability and price stability,” Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president, said in a prepared statement.
The parties said in a regulatory filing last week that they were close to reaching an agreement. They asked the commission Monday to consider the settlement in August, when regulators had been scheduled to hold a hearing on Duke’s original proposal.
That proposal, filed in April, called for increasing base rates by $593 million in 2025, $98 million in 2026 and $129 million in 2027. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday indicated the $593 million proposal for 2025 had been decreased to $503 million after the original filing.
“Residential, commercial and industrial customers will see lower increases in their bills than they would have experienced under DEF’s (Duke Energy Florida’s) original proposed rate increase,” the proposed settlement said. “The 2024 settlement agreement provides DEF customers with stability and predictability with respect to their electricity rates, while allowing DEF to maintain the financial strength to make investments it believes are necessary to provide its customers with safe and reliable power.”
Base rates make up a major part of customers’ monthly bills, along with such expenses as fuel for power plants and environmental compliance costs. Despite the proposed increase in base rates, Duke said Monday that residential customers’ bills are expected to decrease in January because other current costs, such as costs related to storm recovery, will drop off bills at the end of 2024.
Utilities use a benchmark of residential customers who consume 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month. Under the settlement, such customers would see their bills go down from $165.76 in December to $157.50 in January. Spokeswoman Ana Gibbs said the company does not have projections of customer bills for 2026 and 2027.
The increases for 12 new solar facilities would total $12 million in 2025, $71 million in 2026 and $58 million in 2027, according to the utility.
A closely watched issue in rate cases is the amount of profits that utilities are allowed to earn as measured by a “return on equity.” The settlement would allow Duke to earn a return on equity ranging from 9.3 percent to 11.3 percent, with a “midpoint” of 10.3 percent. The original April proposal included a return-on-equity midpoint of 11.15 percent.
Settlements are relatively common in base-rate cases. For example, Duke, which is the state’s second-largest utility behind Florida Power & Light, is operating under a rate settlement that was reached in 2021 and will end this year.
Meanwhile, a proposal by Tampa Electric Co. to raise base rates also is pending at the Public Service Commission.
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Egmont Key, a 250-acre island at the mouth of Tampa Bay, is rich in history and wildlife but is threatened by sea level rise.
A volunteer group is trying to mitigate that and is looking for volunteers to help.
As recently as the 1970s the island was about 550 acres, said Matt Bane, a board member of Take More Action for Regeneration, or Take MAR, a non-profit group carrying on the legacy of of the Egmont Key Alliance, which was formed in 1991 to support Egmont Key but dissolved about a year ago. The island is losing about four acres every year, said Michelle Ellena, also a co-founder of Take MAR.
Banes and Ellena appeared on WMNF WaveMakers with Janet & Tom on Tuesday (July 9) to discuss the ongoing work of the group and plans for the future.
Egmont Key is considered a microcosm of Florida history, Bane said. It was first charted by the Spanish in the 1700s. Seminole Indians were imprisoned there in the latter half of the 1850s before being forcibly removed to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Some never made it off the island, and their graves are still there.
The island was held both by Confederate and Union troops during the Civil War. When it was in federal hands, it was a magnet for runaway slaves and a staging area for a battle in Hillsborough Bay off Ballast Point in Tampa. Fort Dade was built in the 1890s during the Spanish-American War. Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders were stationed at Fort Dade briefly before being deployed to Cuba. Egmont during the 1920s was where federal agents tried to capture rum runners during prohibition. Many buildings were burned down in a misguided fire set to ward off rum runners, Bane said.
The island includes the ruins of Fort Dade, but because of erosion, “part of the fort is underwater already,” Ellena said. That section is now a popular snorkeling area, she said.
Not only is Egmont Key rich in history, but it’s a critical habitat for gopher tortoises, sea turtles and birds. It’s both a state park and a federally protected wildlife refuge. One of Take MAR’s goals is highlighting Egmont Key’s fragile environment and educating voters and visitors on protecting it. Boaters, for example, need to follow the rules for where to anchor and avoid the roped-off bird sanctuaries.
Take MAR plans to hold an Impact Day at Egmont Key on July 20 with various activities including guided tours, clean-ups and relaxation.
Take MAR is looking for volunteers for that event and for the other work it does, including tree plantings in Pinellas and Hillsborough. Find out more about the July 20 event and the group by visiting its website, Takemar.org.
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Tanja and guest host Grace are joined by Dr. Gary Mitchum of USF and Lauren Wolf of the Office of Resilience and Asset Management for Pinellas County, to discuss sea level rise in the Bay Area on this week’s Sustainable Living Show.
Dr. Gary Mitchum is a Professor and Associate Dean in the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida specializing in sea level rise, climate change, tides and El Nino/La Nina. Lauren Wolf is the Sustainability and Resiliency Coordinator and the Office of Resilience and Asset Management for Pinellas County who is a trained urban planner specializing in community development, administration and water management.
Topics discussed include:
-what is sea level rise and why does it occur
-climate change and the greenhouse effect
-the Pinellas County Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Vulnerability Assessment (survey link )
-issues that occur along with seal level rise such as increased rain events, storm surges, erosion etc…
-how is Pinellas County taking action to mitigate the effects locally
-where/what/who does the data come from and what is it used for
-how individuals and communities can take action
and more!
One important thing you can do if you live in Pinellas County is let them know your experience with flooding by filling out the survey for the Sea Level Rise & Storm Surge Vulnerability Assessment, which helps them plan for the future impact of flooding in the community. Read more about the assessment and access the survey and the link in the list above or at their website.
You can reach out the Lauren Wolf directly at her email LWolf@pinellas.gov or find out more at the Pinellas County Flood Map Service Homepage.
If you have questions or would like to know more about Dr. Gary Mitchum of the USF College of Marine Science, you can reach out to him at Mitchum@usf.edu or visit the USF Marine Science website.
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Florida Republicans are so afraid of climate change that they’ve passed a law to never speak of it. As Florida is on fire, underwater, and unaffordable, our state government is rolling back climate change legislation and removing it from consideration in formulating state energy policy. Last week, Gov. DeSantis signed an Energy Omnibus bill, HB1645, that will remove the requirement that the state even consider climate change when creating energy policy, and it deletes nearly all references to climate change in state laws and regulations. This is even though Florida has seen record heat, record flooding, and record rising insurance rates all around the state. The law also makes approving natural gas pipelines easier and preempts the ability of local governments to regulate gas pipelines and storage facilities in their communities. One could crop up next door to a school or convenience store and nothing could be done to remove it without Tallahassee’s intervention.
The law makes Florida even more vulnerable to the devastating effects of climate change although we are already one of the most, if not the most vulnerable state to face its impact, so say MidPoint guests Brooke Ward, Senior Florida Organizer for Food & Water Watch, and Dr. Chelsea Rivera, Climate Equity Policy Fellow for Central Florida Jobs With Justice on our May 22, 2024 show.
Despite being called the “Sunshine State,” Florida obtains 74% of its energy generation from fracked natural gas, yet the new law also deletes language that sets renewable energy goals in Florida. Dr. Chelsea Rivera said it actively inflicts harm and sabotages any progress we could’ve made. The bill does more than passively remove consideration of climate change in setting policy goals; it actively inflicts harm to the environment because it increases the production of fracked natural gas and natural gas has 80% more global warming power than carbon dioxide.
Our guests also warned us that millions of dollars in utility costs will be shifted to residential customers and away from large corporate customers by TECO in the next rate-setting plan the utility has proposed for 2025. If approved by state regulators, a typical household would be charged at least $200 more annually for base rates over what it is paying now, according to TECO’s filings. Public hearings are slated for June in the Tampa Bay area and the Public Service Commission will proceed with the case in Tallahassee. A final decision is expected by the end of the year.
For more information on these issues from our guests, listen to the entire show here, on the WMNF app, or as a WMNF MidPoint podcast available everywhere. You can learn more from Food & Water Watch here and Central Florida Jobs With Justice here.
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With the start of Hurricane season just 10 days away, WMNF WaveMakers with Janet & Tom on Tuesday (5/21) discussed the forecast and the impact climate change is having on severe weather with Jeff Beradelli, chief meteorologist for WFLA TV.
Beradelli is the rare TV meteorologist willing to speak out directly and often about the impact climate change is having on hurricanes and our weather in general. Hurricanes are more intense and more frequent because of human-caused climate change, he said. And this season is shaping up to be particularly intense.
Beradelli has been a TV meteorologist for 25 years–including stints in Miami, West Palm Beach, and Buffalo, New York. This is his second stint in the Tampa Bay area, returning here after working for CBS News in New York City. Jeff has a degree in atmospheric sciences from Cornell University and a masters degree in Climate and Society from Columbia University. Welcome to WaveMakers Jeff.
Beradelli partnered with faculty and students at Columbia to study a frequently asked question: Why has the Tampa Bay area not been hit by a major hurricane in more than a century? It’s not just good luck, the study found. Because hurricanes start either to the east of Florida off the coast of Africa or to the south in the Caribbean, the steering winds simply blow hurricanes in other directions. It would take a big shift to send a hurricane into Tampa Bay, Baradelli said.
That doesn’t mean it can’t happen and it likely will, he said. If it does happen, a major hurricane’s storm surge would be devastating because of so much coastal development and the geography of the bay itself, he said.
Forecasters are predicting this will be one of the most active hurricane seasons in history, with 25 named storms, 12 hurricanes and 6 major hurricanes.
That is largely driven by climate change, Beradelli said. Things are getting off to a rough start, with temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and around the Florida Keys hitting temperatures normally not seen until August. Hurricanes get bigger and more intenses as water warms. And the impact on coral reefs this year could be worse than the devastation seen last year.
Beradelli says he feels both a moral and scientific obligation to address climate change directly. “People can disagree but I don’t get my information from people I get it from scientists who study it,” he said. “Just because it’s become partisan….doesn’t change the facts about it….There’s no other reason that can possibly explain what’s going on.
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Host Walter L Smith II talks human, industrial activity and it’s impact on a warming planet with ever more ferocious storms.
The Black Gulf States solidarity and organized strategies.
Earth, Wind & Fire provide the soundtrack.
KRS-1 renders Krazy.
Also, a nod to Patriots Day in Ethiopia, commemorates driving out fascist Italy in WWII.
Special appeal for emergency health aid for two friends of The Forum: Erik W. Gales and Tonya Lewis.
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By Jim Saunders ©2024 The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a “strong interest in obtaining finality,” Florida Power & Light on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to speed up consideration of a renewed fight about a 2021 settlement that increased the utility’s base electric rates.
FPL asked justices to “expedite” an appeal filed last week by a coalition of groups challenging the Florida Public Service Commission’s approval of the rate settlement.
The commission approved the settlement in 2021, and rate increases began to take effect in 2022. But in a somewhat unusual move, the Supreme Court last year sent the case back to the commission because justices said the regulatory panel had not shown why the settlement “is in the public interest and results in rates that are fair, just and reasonable.”
The commission responded in March by issuing a more extensive order backing the settlement. That led the coalition, made up of the groups Florida Rising, the Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida and the League of United Latin American Citizens of Florida, to appeal the new order to the Supreme Court.
In its motion Monday seeking expedited handling of the case, FPL said the “appeal involves a narrow set of issues warranting this (Supreme) Court’s swift resolution.”
“The parties have had the better part of three years to consider the legal issues on appeal and have already engaged in extensive briefing and oral argument before this court,” the motion said. “The (Public Service) Commission did not reopen the evidentiary record in the remand proceedings, so the issues before this court will necessarily be limited to a review of the commission’s explanation and conclusions reached in the supplemental (last month’s) final order.”
With the settlement set to expire at the end of next year, FPL said the outcome of the appeal also could affect plans to seek approval in 2025 for revised rates.
“A final determination by this court regarding the supplemental final order prior to FPL’s upcoming 2025 rate case filing will mitigate the potential for regulatory uncertainty and customer confusion during FPL’s 2025 rate case proceeding,” the motion said.
Base-rate issues are closely watched, as they involve billions of dollars, make up large portions of customers’ monthly bills and help determine utilities’ profitability.
FPL reached the four-year settlement with the state Office of Public Counsel, which represents consumers in utility issues, and other parties including the Florida Retail Federation, the Florida Industrial Power Users Group and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
After approval by the commission, the FPL settlement led to a $692 million rate increase in January 2022 and another $560 million hike in 2023. The wide-ranging settlement also included such things as allowing increases in 2024 and 2025 to pay for solar-energy projects. FPL last week filed a proposal at the Public Service Commission that seeks a go-ahead for 12 new solar-energy facilities that would start operating in 2025 under the settlement.
The coalition of groups, represented by the Earthjustice legal organization, has not filed an initial brief detailing its objections to the March order. But in the past, it has objected to a series of issues, including the size of the rate increases and FPL not meeting energy-efficiency goals.
Even if the Supreme Court agrees to FPL’s motion, it could be months before a decision is issued. The motion included a proposed schedule to file briefs and requested that oral arguments, if needed, be held in September.
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By Jim Saunders 15 hrs ago ©2024 The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Duke Energy Florida on Monday joined Tampa Electric Co. in seeking approval to reduce customer bills in June because of lower-than-expected costs of natural gas.
Duke filed a proposal at the state Public Service Commission to pass along a projected $233.5 million in fuel savings to customers over a year-long period. The move came after Tampa Electric made a similar filing last week and after the commission approved trimming Florida Power & Light bills because of lower-than-expected costs.
The utilities also lowered bills at the beginning of 2024, in part because of reduced fuel costs.
“With fuel prices expected to decline, we have an opportunity to lower rates for a second time this year for our customers, just as we prepare for the higher energy usage that come with summer months,” Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president, said in a prepared statement Monday.
Florida utilities rely heavily on natural gas to fuel power plants, and gas prices have been volatile in recent years. When gas prices surge, increased costs are passed along to customers; when prices drop, customers get a break in their bills.
The Public Service Commission each fall sets projected fuel costs for the upcoming year. But if the actual costs turn out to differ greatly from the projections, utilities can seek what is known as a “mid-course correction” — the type of proposal that Duke, Tampa Electric and FPL filed.
Utilities typically use a benchmark bill of residential customers who consume 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a month.
Duke residential customers who use 1,000 kilowatt hours would see their bills decrease from $160.58 in May to $154.68 in June, under the proposal filed Monday. Such Tampa Electric customers would see their bills go from $143.48 to $136.44.
The commission last week approved FPL’s proposal to pass along fuel-cost savings, starting in May. FPL has two sets of rates because of a merger with the former Gulf Power.
Customers in the former Gulf Power region in Northwest Florida who use 1,000 kilowatt hours in a month will pay $135.38 starting in May, down from $143.08 in April, according to the Public Service Commission. Such customers in other areas will pay $121.19 in May, down from $128.88 in April.
Monthly electric bills are made up of a combination of factors, with base rates and fuel costs the largest. Other costs include such things as expenses for environmental projects and temporary charges for storm recovery and preparation.
Utilities are not supposed to profit from fuel costs, which are considered a pass-through expense to customers.
Duke and Tampa Electric last week also filed proposals that would increase base rates from 2025 to 2027. Those proposals were the first steps in months-long processes that will include the commission and representatives of consumers and business customers examining the details.
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Listen:The Tampa Bay area has received a one-million-dollar grant from the EPA to come up with a climate action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council will lead the four-year project, known as Clean Air Tampa Bay. Clean energy plays a central role in Clean Air Tampa Bay. EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe emphasized the importance of transitioning to clean energy sources to reduce air pollution. That would not only benefit the environment but also improve public health, particularly for low-income communities.
“We know that low-income communities are especially vulnerable to the impacts of increasing climate change impacts. So more severe storms, coastal erosion, heavy rains, winds, and those sorts of things. Their housing is not as resilient. They are not as resilient. Their insurance support is not as robust as people with more means. So anything we can do to put a lid on or stop or slow down the increasing impacts of climate change is going to help vulnerable communities.“
The grant will support initiatives like clean energy projects, enhanced air monitoring, promoting eco-friendly transportation, and raising awareness about environmental conservation.
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Listen:Clearwater’s proactive approach to understanding and mitigating the impacts of climate change comes to light. The city is currently engaged in a vulnerability assessment, made possible by funding from the State of Florida’s Resilient Florida Grant Program. Led by AtkinsRalis, this assessment involves the creation of a “digital twin” of Clearwater, allowing experts to simulate how climate change-induced flooding and extreme heat might affect the community.
Clearwater could face a 24% increase in the intensity of rainstorms, a rise in sea levels of around 3.25 feet, and a 300% surge in extremely hot days by the year 2100. Project manager Chris Zambido emphasizes the importance of using this data to form mitigation strategies, focusing resources on areas most vulnerable to these climate impacts.
Potential strategies include elevating roads, implementing floodproofing measures, and raising buildings to withstand future challenges. However, funding is crucial for implementing these efforts. Clearwater plans to leverage federal grants to secure additional resources, with the vulnerability assessment serving as the vital first step in accessing these funds.
Kerilyn Kwiatkowski’s reporting highlights Clearwater’s commitment to resilience and preparedness in the face of climate change. By taking proactive measures now, the city aims to build a more sustainable and secure future for its residents.
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On February 19th 2024 88.5 WMNF Sustainable Living hosts Tanja Vidovic and Anni Ellis spoke with local environmentalist Tom Ries. Tom Ries is a nationally known ecologist with more than 40 years of experience restoring natural systems in the SE. His work has garnered numerous environmental awards and resulted in the restoration of more than 3,800 acres of wetlands and coastal communities. He is a recognized expert in nature-based shoreline stabilization techniques, having implemented over 50 living shorelines in the Tampa Bay region.
Tom founded a non-profit in 2003, which is now known as Ecosphere Restoration Institute to advance restoration activities through innovative public-private-partnerships.
In this conversation Tom brought up that the sea level has risen about 6 inches since moving to the Tampa Bay area in the 1970’s and how this is impacting the local ecosystem. With sea level rising and the old sea walls breaking down Tom’s vision of rewilding of Florida’s landscaping is something that needs to happen throughout the area. One way you can do this is by removing old sea walls and installing an assortment of native plants that are able to withstand the changes that we are seeing is vital to the success if we want to be able to preserve the qualities that brought so many of us to Florida in the first place. Not only do they add beauty, but they are longer lasting and more environmentally friendly.
Tom mentions that Florida has more natural springs than any other state. Most of which are on private land, or were redirected when developers decided to develop the land. The local non-profits are creating an ecosystem alliance to connect so they are all able to work together.
If you have a shoreline or spring that you are interested in restoring, Ecosphererestoration.org can assist you with this. Tom mentioned Public Private Partnerships, which is using public dollars to restore private land, because as Tom says “The birds don’t care who owns the property” they just want it to be there, and be clean.
Listen to this episode here on www.wmnf.org and please donate to the Sustainable Living Show on 88.5 WMNF Tampa.
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Today is Human Rights Day.
A brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
A Brownfield site is created when a Brownfields Site Rehabilitation Agreement (BSRA) is signed between EPC and the property owner.
The Forum named names of local officials who are responsible for brownfield site cleanups. People were encouraged to look around their neighborhood and realize the historic nature of race and class and keep polluting industries out of their areas or greater oversight.
The Forum gives an overview of the Caryle Cammisa Environmental Justice Think Tank series held in Tampa a day earlier.
WMNF Station Manager Randi Zimmerman spoke at the Think Tank about the importance of local radio on local movements.Also, another round of Funk genre listening and historical analysis.
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Transgender student rightsStudents walked out of a Broward County high school to support trans rights. A transgender student played on the girls’ volleyball team, leading to school staff being investigated.
Global temps foreshadow futureThe U.N. weather agency is warning of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt, and heat waves in the future. The World Meteorological Organization warned that the average temperature for the year is up to only one-tenth of a degree under a target limit for the end of the century.
Henry Kissinger’s legacyFormer Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died at the age of 100. He hadn’t been convicted of war crimes.
Native tribes recognizedUnder a bill filed by a Pensacola Republican Representative, Florida would give state recognition to three Native American tribes in the Panhandle.
The future of dyslexiaDyslexia affects 1 out of every 5 people. There’s a company using AI to help people with dyslexia.
Information from Florida Public Media, News Service of Florida, and Associated Press was used in this report.
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Challenge to violent protest lawYesterday, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to 2021 law that enhanced penalties and created new crimes during protests that turn violent.
Recreational marijuana hearingThe Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments about a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana.
Vote-by-mail fraudA pro-Trump activist in The Villages is facing felony charges alleging that he forged his father’s signature on a vote-by-mail ballot after his father’s death in October 2020.
Global temperatures riseEarth’s warming somehow increased in September after an already blistering summer. The European Climate Agency says temperatures last month set a new mark with officials saying 2023 is now on track for the hottest year on record, about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than pre-industrial times.
Job growth and changesSeptember’s national unemployment numbers will be released tomorrow. Despite higher interest rates designed to slow the economy, Florida is one of the brightest spots for job growth.
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COVID-19 on the riseFlorida has the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate in the nation. This comes as hospitalization rates rise across the country.
Nonprofit’s lease to expireA nonprofit that provides services to migrant communities is losing its lease. The Florida Institute for Community Studies has leased a Hillsborough County park in Town n Country since 2016. Executive director Alayne Unterberger joined us on WMNF’s Tuesday Café. Watch this full interview on our website.
Universal school vouchersThe Florida Policy Institute and 30 of its partners have asked Education Commissioner Manny Diaz to be more transparent about the universal school vouchers program provided by the nonprofit Step Up for Students that began July 1st.
FSU free speech climateFlorida State University is being applauded for its free-speech climate and culture on campus based on a new report by The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression that helped conduct a survey at 248 universities earlier this year. FSU ranked 5th while the University of Florida ranked 231st.
Climate activists protest todayTens of thousands of climate activists driven by several mostly youth-led local and global climate groups and organizations are protesting today and through the weekend around the world to call for an end to the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels. The United Nations warned last week that countries are tremendously off track in limiting warming as they agreed to in 2015 aimed at blunting the worst effects of climate change.
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A sobering discussion regarding Haitian resources and the source of power. The politics of gangs and mercenaries as Haitian civilians fight to reclaim their homes, neighborhoods ands their country as others attempt to migrate to the U.S.
Also, analyzing a united Africa.
As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared.By CARA ANNA Associated PressNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa’s 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what’s to come. That can be deadly, and expensive too, with damage running in the billions of dollars. As the first Africa Climate Summit opens this week, the critical lack of data collection is key. Africa is larger than China, India and the United States combined but has just 37 radar facilities for tracking weather, according to a World Meteorological Organization database. Europe has 345. North America has 291. The WMO says fewer than 20% of sub-Saharan African countries provide reliable weather services.
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Meteorologist Andy Johnson formerly of WTVT TV Channel 13, and occupational health expert Tom Bernard of USF College of Public Health, joined MidPoint to talk about the weather, extreme heat, and heat stress in Florida.
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Orange County prosecutor suspended Orange County State Attorney Monique Worrell railed against Gov. Ron DeSantis in a press conference yesterday. DeSantis accused Worrell of “neglect of duty and incompetence”. U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, whose district includes Orange County, called Worrell’s suspension a “blatant abuse of power and fascism”. Demonstrators rally for Tampa 5 Demonstrators... Read more »
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Heatwave sets records in Florida From the Panhandle to the Keys, temperature records were either matched or set yesterday afternoon. We’ll chase records again today across the state. Federal employees feel disgraced On a trip to New Hampshire last week, Ron DeSantis stated that if elected president, when it comes to federal employees, “we... Read more »
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Donald Trump to surrender to federal authorities Donald Trump is scheduled to surrender to federal authorities in Washington this afternoon. He will be booked and fingerprinted before being escorted to his arraignment, which has been set for 4 pm. Trump has been charged based on his attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat. A local... Read more »
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UPS hammers out union deal UPS reached a tentative contract deal with the 340,000-person strong Teamsters union yesterday, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt shipping services nationwide. The two sides reached an agreement early on safety issues. UPS said it would add air conditioning to U.S. small delivery vehicles purchased after January... Read more »
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Record heat is devastating marine habitats as scientists grapple with solutions The first week of July has been the hottest week in recorded history. But it’s not just air temperature records that are being broken. The water around Florida is dangerously hot. And that spells trouble for marine species, early summer coral bleaching could lead... Read more »
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Susan Glickman, who has been advocating in Florida for policies to address climate change for 20 years, told WMNF WaveMakers Tuesday that Florida is finally admitting it has a problem and is trying to mitigate the effects of sea level rise. But, she says, that’s like buying more towels to mop up the bathroom floor flooded by an overflowing sink. We have to also have to reduce the flow of carbon emissions, the source of climate change.
Glickman, named to Florida Trend’s inaugural list of the 500 Most Influential Business Leaders, has worked with the National Resources Defense Council, the Center for Climate Integrity and the Union of Concerned Scientists to address the climate crisis. She is now a consultant to the Florida Clinicians for Climate Action, which educates health professionals on the health harms of climate change. She also developed a coalition of businesses who are now working together in support of a clean energy economy.
Listen to Susan’s interview with Janet and Tom.
Here’s a link to the energy rebate resources mentioned in the interview.
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Why are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered explanations for centuries, but their accounts often ignore or even avoid human evolution. Evolutionary scientists answer with proposals for why ritual, religion, and faith make sense as adaptations to past challenges or as by-products of our hyper-complex cognitive capacities. But what if the focus on religion is too narrow? Renowned anthropologist, Agustín Fuentes argues that the capacity to be religious is actually a small part of a larger and deeper human capacity to believe. Why believe in religion, economies, and love? In his new book, Why We Believe – Evolution and the Human Way of Being, Agustín presents a fascinating observation on the most common misconceptions about human nature, his book employs evolutionary, neurobiological, and anthropological evidence to argue that belief—the ability to commit passionately and wholeheartedly to an idea—is central to the human way of being in the world.
Robert Hunziker a regular contributor to Life Elsewhere, writes about climate change, headlines from his articles of the past year suggest he is a forecaster of doom – Permafrost Hits a Grim Threshold; Climate Confusion, Angst, and Sleeplessness; Extinction Rebellion Sweeps the World; Earth 4C Hotter; The Coldest Spot on Earth Melting. Hunziker shrugs off the daunting moniker, ready to launch into a passionate monologue full of facts and alarming details. So, we asked Robert to give an overview of the crucial points on climate change during the past 12 months.
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The Mayor calls it “PURE.” The Tampa City Council calls it “Toilet To Tap.” It is the plan to mix highly treated wastewater with the City’s drinking water by 2032. Environmentalists and neighborhood activists strongly oppose it, saying we don’t know enough to deem it safe or how much it will cost. But, State law says Tampa can’t keep dumping its treated wastewater into Tampa Bay. Recently, the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection declined to give Tampa an exemption from the state statute that requires wastewater be used for “beneficial purposes” and Florida’s DEP found that releasing it in the bay did not comply.
Objections to the project are widespread.Stakeholders, Gary Gibbons, Vice Chair of the Tampa Bay Sierra Club, Phil Compton, President of Tampa’s Friends of the River, and Carroll Ann Bennett, Vice President of THAN, the collective of Tampa’s neighborhood associations, all shared their objections and their recommendations with MidPoint on December 7. The stakeholders have 3 primary objections: they object to the City’s failure to present any evidence that there is a real need for a different plan for the wastewater; they claim that there are no scientific standards yet for determining what are safe levels of “contaminants of concern” which are “new” pollutants and substances for which there are no scientifically acceptable levels in drinking water; and, the City has not shared how the costs of the PURE project would be passed on to water consumers. Until these issues can be resolved, there is an overwhelming objection to moving forward with the PURE project among City residents.
What will become of our wastewater now?The state statute that is forcing Tampa to address its wastewater in a different manner is an objectionable statewide “one size fits all” requirement, according to Gibbons. It does not acknowledge the unique character of the Tampa waterways nor does it recognize that Tampa’s current plan for releasing reclaimed water into Tampa Bay may in fact be a “beneficial use” of its wastewater. The stakeholders are therefore seeking an amendment to the state statute that would recognize the distinct character of the City of Tampa’s water supply that obviates the need for a different wastewater disposition plan, and that would allow the City greater flexibility in planning for the disposition of wastewater going forward. They are asking Tampa residents to lobby the Mayor, and asking the Mayor and the City to lobby the Florida legislature to amend the statute to allow Tampa to either come up with a different plan or have more time to answer the residents’ concerns about the PURE plan before its implementation is mandated.
The City’s plan comes back before City Council in January.
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Monopolistic electric utilities in Florida have been caught cheating, scamming, and funding ghost candidates in our elections to maintain their outsize influence in State politics and keep their profits soaring.
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As the world continues to see climate change become a pressing (though controversial) issue, the U.S. has seen Tampa’s own House Representative Kathy Castor take charge in leading the fight. Castor chairs the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, and spoke with WMNF’s WaveMakers this week about the work she’s doing in this field.... Read more »
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Dr. Steven Amstrup—chief scientist for Polar Bears International, a polar bear conservation organization; before joining PBI, he was a research wildlife biologist with the United States Geological Survey at the Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska, where he led polar bear research for 30 years—recounts in a recent “Talking Animals” interview growing up in Minneapolis-Saint... Read more »
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The Pinellas County Commission will vote this month on whether to set a zero-emission target through a transition to renewable energy.
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The Pinellas County Commission will vote this month on whether to set a zero-emission target through a transition to renewable energy.
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Bob Keefe, executive director of Environmental Entrepreneurs, interviewed by WMNF's Seán Kinane about E2's new report on green jobs.
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Dateline: 19.00 hours ET, August 16, 2021 Dr. Binoy Kampmark is always ahead. 14 hours ahead in Melbourne. Yet, even if the learned professor were in the same dateline, you can be assured his perspective on global events would be considerably ahead of the battalions of pundits scrambling to have their voices heard on every... Read more »
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Women are playing an increasing role in combating climate change. The Nature Conservancy Friday held a virtual ‘Women in Climate’ summit. LISTEN: Pinellas County Commissioner Janet long says her county is leading by example. “The four departments that will have the biggest impact are all being led by women,” Long said. “Heretofore they’re always been... Read more »
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On Tuesday, the City of Tampa gave an update to an ongoing study looking at the impact of sea-level rise in the region. The City expects up to 8 feet of sea-level rise by the year 2100 and hopes to shape regulations and policy to be ready for it. LISTEN: For engineers and planners the... Read more »
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Daniel Yergin – The New Map: Energy, Climate, And The Clash Of Nations Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniels Yergen offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future. The world is being shaken by the collision of energy, climate change, and the clashing power... Read more »
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August 26, 2020 What if a Category 5 hurricane struck the Tampa Bay region? How would the events unfold, and what would the region look like in the aftermath of the storm? In 2009, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (TBRPC) developed the Tampa Bay Catastrophic Plan: Project Phoenix, a plan to address the challenges... Read more »
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Why are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered explanations for centuries, but their accounts often ignore or even avoid human evolution. Evolutionary scientists answer with proposals for why ritual, religion, and faith make sense as adaptations to past challenges or as by-products of our hyper-complex cognitive capacities. But what if the focus on religion is too narrow? Renowned anthropologist, Agustín Fuentes argues that the capacity to be religious is actually a small part of a larger and deeper human capacity to believe. Why believe in religion, economies, love? In his new book, Why We Believe – Evolution and the Human Way of Being, Agustín presents a fascinating observation on the most common misconceptions about human nature, his book employs evolutionary, neurobiological, and anthropological evidence to argue that belief—the ability to commit passionately and wholeheartedly to an idea—is central to the human way of being in the world.
Robert Hunziker a regular contributor to Life Elsewhere, writes about climate change, headlines from his articles of the past year suggest he is a forecaster of doom – Permafrost Hits a Grim Threshold; Climate Confusion, Angst, and Sleeplessness; Extinction Rebellion Sweeps the World; Earth 4C Hotter; The Coldest Spot on Earth Melting. Hunziker shrugs off the daunting moniker, ready to launch into a passionate monologue full of facts and alarming details. So, we asked Robert to give an overview of the crucial points on climate change during the past 12 months.
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Friday is a global youth climate strike; according to the Associated Press, “hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join worldwide demonstrations this week ahead of a U.N. climate summit in New York.”
Our guest on MidPoint Monday was Kara Weihman; she’s a student and the Tampa lead with Youth Climate Strike. She’s a senior at Wiregrass Ranch High School in Pasco County.
The Tampa Climate Action Rally is hosted by Our Climate and Florida Youth Climate Strike. It’s Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Tampa City Hall, 315 East Kennedy Boulevard.
Earlier that day in St. Petersburg the St. Pete Climate Strike and March begins at City Hall at noon and lasts until 1:30 p.m. That’s at 175 5th St. North.
Listen to the full show here.
Here is a link to the IPCC and all its reports.
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