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Florida’s DeSantis Signs Aggressive Anti-ESG Legislation

Florida’s DeSantis Signs Aggressive Anti-ESG Legislation

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Tuesday that targets the growth of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in the state. The anti-ESG legislation prevents state officials from investing public money in the promotion of ESG goals, prioritizes financial returns for state funds and pensions, eliminates ESG considerations in state contracts and […]

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    Florida’s Three Major Utilities Propose 10% to 20% Rate Hikes, Citing Hurricane Damage, Natural Gas Prices

    Florida’s Three Major Utilities Propose 10% to 20% Rate Hikes, Citing Hurricane Damage, Natural Gas Prices

    A combination of climate-fueled extreme weather events and a reliance on fossil fuels could raise the electricity bills of many Floridians this spring. Three of the state’s largest utilities — Florida Power & Light (FPL), Duke Energy and Tampa Electric Company (TECO) — have asked the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve rate hikes […]

    How Major Southeast Utilities Paid Local Media for Favorable Coverage

    How Major Southeast Utilities Paid Local Media for Favorable Coverage

    In Florida and Alabama, powerful utilities have lobbied against the renewable energy transition.  At the same time, they funneled money through consulting firm Matrix LLC to six media sites in the two states that published coverage favorable to the utilities, as NPR and Floodlight revealed in a major investigation Monday. In one instance, the editor-and-chief […]

    Invasive Iguana Causes ‘Large Scale’ Power Outage in Florida City

    Invasive Iguana Causes ‘Large Scale’ Power Outage in Florida City

    An unlikely source was responsible for a “large scale outage” in a Florida city Wednesday.  The city of Lake Worth Beach (LWB) blamed a loss of power on one of the state’s infamous invasive green iguanas.  “LWB Electric Utility is currently responding to a large scale outage caused by an iguana at our 6th Ave […]

    11 Fact-Checked Tweets That Show Hurricane Ian’s Catastrophic Damage

    11 Fact-Checked Tweets That Show Hurricane Ian’s Catastrophic Damage

    The storm was downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday morning as winds weakened to 65 mph. Ian continues to batter Florida as it marches north. More than 2.6 million Florida energy customers are still without power Thursday, according to the tracker PowerOutage.us. The storm is poised to become one of the costliest storms in U.S. history, according to the National Hurricane Center.