It’s been a long time coming—more than 25 years of advocacy for me personally, and even longer for many others. Now, the fight to protect Florida from offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf has reached a historic milestone. Before leaving office, President Joe Biden banned offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf and along the entire […]
Tug of War over Drilling in the Eastern Gulf Read More »
This year, Healthy Gulf and our allies were mostly on the defensive. We stood our ground to protect existing environmental laws…
Recap of the 2024 Florida Legislative Session Read More »
In the Gulf of Mexico, I searched for one of the planet’s most endangered animals – the Rice’s whale, a key part of a healthy Gulf.
Endangered Rice’s whale is a key part of a healthy Gulf Read More »
The ongoing saga of Manna Farms and their attempt to place an industrial-scale fish farm off Pensacola Beach, FL points-out an inescapable fact about fish farms
Is there any good place for an industrial fish farm? Read More »
In the over 25 years that Healthy Gulf has worked across the Gulf region, it seems like every passing year brings some type of new threat to our waterways and communities. The most recent one is a plan for industrial-scale finfish farms in the open waters of the Gulf—giant cages where millions of pounds of
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By now it is well known that we must transition to renewable energy as quickly as possible in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The terms of that transition and the opportunity to make energy cleaner, fairer, and more democratic are now central to so much of Healthy Gulf’s work, including here in Florida.
Decentralize Utilities and Transition to Clean Energy Read More »
If I had to describe the recently-completed session of the Florida Legislature, I would sum it up as preemption and more preemption, steps forward on climate adaptation and the Feds rescue Florida. Oh—and more kicking the can down the road on the issue of stopping climate change. Let’s take a look. Preemption legislation is that
An update on the 2021 Florida Legislature Read More »
There’s a fierce battle taking place in Florida, and the battlefield is the 2021 session of the Florida Legislature. On one side are the citizens of Florida, a majority of whom want action on climate change and access to more solar energy for the Sunshine State. On the other side are fossil fuel companies and
The battle over energy: An update from the FL Legislature Read More »
Elections create change, and change creates opportunities. And so it is with Election 2020, as the prospects of action on climate change and an end to the dirty and dangerous business of offshore drilling seem much closer. After many years in which Healthy Gulf and a broad coalition have fought against the continued expansion of
Offshore drilling, renewable energy and election 2020 Read More »
Our society is the early stages of one of the greatest transitions in human history, as we move away from fossil fuels to a future of renewable energy. In that transition lies an epic battle over the terms and pace of that transition. It’s a battle that will determine who gets to access clean energy,how
Clean energy and energy democracy for the Gulf coast Read More »