Every person that I know is in favor of protecting our environment. None of us wish to see air pollution, water pollution, or anything else that may negatively impact our quality of life and that of our friends, neighbors, and families.
That said, here in Charlotte County, we should ask questions about any of the so called âclean energy â options that some are in favor of. Solar and wind power, along with âcarbon taxesâ, are proposed by folks who call themselves âenvironmentalists.â All aspects of these proposals should be carefully examined. Babcock Ranch is one of the largest producers of solar energy in Florida. This would seem to be excellent progress, however some caveats exist. Where are the tens of thousands of solar panels that create that energy for us produced? The vast majority used in the U.S. are manufactured in China, often by underpaid, forced labor. The same is true for many of the components of wind turbines and lithium batteries.
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We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week, in Florida and beyond.
Governor Ron DeSantis met with Southwest Florida business leaders and Captains for Clean Water in Fort Myers, Wednesday, to discuss the growing threat from a toxic blue-green algae outbreak in Lake Okeechobee and red tide that continues to plague the region s Gulf coast. The
News-Press reports, DeSantis is urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create a new system operating manual for Lake Okeechobee with a focus on sending water south during the winter dry season in order to create more capacity during the rainy season.
Disney s evolving new normal
What will stay and what will go once health protocols become less urgent? Disney has rolled out some pandemic-inspired practices that analysts and advisors believe are here to stay. Senior editor Jamie Biesiada, on her first visit to Walt Disney World since the pandemic began, reports back.
May 10, 2021
Since various components of Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando began to come to life over the past seven months, visits there have, in some ways, reflected a microcosm of life during the pandemic.
In March 2020, Disney World and its California counterpart, the Disneyland Resort, closed their doors to visitors indefinitely. Disneyland would not reopen its parks until April 2021 due to state restrictions, but officials in Florida began planning a phased reopening as the spring of 2020 progressed.
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