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Fla. solar plans stoke fight over 'environmental racism' - Governors' Wind Energy Coalition

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Fla. solar plans stoke fight over 'environmental racism'

Published: Thursday, June 3, 2021 Florida Power & Light Sunshine Gateway Solar Energy Center. Photo credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/Shutterstock In this aerial view from a drone, the Florida Power & Light Sunshine Gateway Solar Energy Center is seen on March 15 in Lake City, Fla. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/Shutterstock A northern Florida town is at the center of a clash between renewable energy developers and residents of a historically Black community one that highlights an emerging rift between President Biden s environmental justice and clean energy goals. Many Archer residents are descendants of slaves and some of the nation s earliest Black landowners. And they want nothing to do with a 50-megawatt solar and 12-MW battery storage project proposed by Origis Energy and Gainesville Regional Utilities, or GRU. The project would span roughly 600 acres, and developers said the panels would be tucked behind a buffer of trees. Yet in residents eyes, a utility-scale solar array is no

Tallahassee summer camps for kids weigh COVID precautions, masks

View Comments As Tallahassee emerges from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents are deciding if  and how  they are reading to send their kids to camp this summer.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released new guidelines saying vaccinated people can stop wearing masks in most situations. But children under the age of 12 still cannot get the vaccine, so summer camp coordinators are left weighing what other protective measures might be needed to prevent COVID in camps for younger children. Here are a few of the ways Tallahassee camps are safeguarding their staff and camp-goers this summer.

Legislature, don't pit climate change against affordable housing

Young climate change advocates bring art to the FL Capitol, hoping to get attention from lawmakers