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Parks and Public Lands Win at the Polls

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Florida Amendment 9, Ban Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling. Second, Amendment 2 required a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the state legislature to authorize the transfer, sale, or disposal of land under the control of the state agriculture or environmental protection departments.”. Election Results = PASSED with 82.87% voter support.

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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

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In the spring (when they look like they do — the males, that is — in the photo on the left, above) they fly more than six thousand miles from the Amazon Basin to the Arctic, via Florida and Ohio. The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences.

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Republican-Led Florida Legislature to Destroy Environment

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Sure, that title is hyperbolic but the results of HB-991, should it become law , would be absolutely horrible for Florida’s environment. It won’t be Florida Republicans destroying the environment but their corporate puppet-masters. Here’s hoping the bill is stopped before it becomes law!

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