Floridaâs sunshine laws dim as DeSantis decides what to disclose
Open government advocates say the state of Floridaâs sunshine laws are darker this year because of Gov. Ron Desantis and his attempt at times to shield critical details about the crisis from the public.
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Updated Mar. 1
TALLAHASSEE â For months, Thomas Hladish, a research scientist at the University of Floridaâs Emerging Pathogens Institute, asked the Florida Department of Health to let him use information from thousands of contact tracers the state had hired to interview Floridians who tested positive for COVID-19.
He and his colleagues wanted to better understand where transmission was occurring in Florida so officials could put more effective policies in place.
Mar. 1 TALLAHASSEE For months, Thomas Hladish, a research scientist at the University of Florida's Emerging Pathogens Institute, asked the Florida Department of Health to let him use information from thousands of contact tracers the state had hired to interview Floridians who tested positive for COVID-19. He and his colleagues wanted to better understand where transmission was occurring in .
((a)-(b)-(c)/ The quantity of CO
2 reduced (d)) + Equipment cost + Other costs
where (a) is (the quantity of HBI charged × HBI unit price), (b) is (the quantity of iron ore reduced × iron ore unit price), and (c) is (the quantity of reductant reduced × reductant unit price).
Note: The value of (c) equals (the quantity of coke reduced × coke unit price) + (the quantity of pulverized coal reduced × pulverized coal unit price). The quantity of CO
2 reduced (d) equals (the quantity of reductant reduced × CO
2 emission factor).
The key technologies utilized for this achievement are:
(1) Technologies of Midrex for HBI manufacturing in the engineering business