Showing posts with label Miami Beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miami Beach. Show all posts

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Miami Beach isn't Jacksonville


Jacksonville and other beaches may be opening up in Florida, but Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber says Miami Beach 
"isn't Jacksonville." HERE

Sunday, June 4, 2017

First City in Florida to Commit to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

St. Petersburg, Florida has committed to switching its power sources over to 100 percent renewable energy—the first city in the Sunshine State to pledge to do away with fossil fuels entirely. here
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Other Florida cities to do so
Orlando
Miami Beach
Daytona Beach
Davie
Delray Beach
South Miami
Palmetto Bay

Thursday, March 30, 2017

2003 Florida Law Prohibits Local Mmunicipality From Establishing A Minimum-Wage Law

The City of Miami Beach lost the first round of a battle to raise the minimum living wage to $13.31 an hour. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Peter R. Lopez ruled the ordinance was not valid under the 2003 Florida law, which prohibits any local municipality from establishing a minimum-wage law. here
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Mayor Philip Levine vows he will fight back, possibly with a constitutional amendment to get the law through.

Friday, May 20, 2016

Shit In Biscayne Bay

Climate Change pumps that flush floodwater from Miami Beach into Biscayne Bay during seasonal king tides are dumping something else into the bay: human waste. here

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article77978817.html#storylink=cpy

Thursday, April 7, 2016

81.3% of Floridians

Are concerned about climate change, according to a new 
St. Leo University poll. 
Florida GOP has been reluctant to discuss climate change. Efforts by local governments in South Florida to plan for
 sea-level rise and climate change have drawn national media attention. The study results found that Miami Beach flooding grew significantly after 2006. The increased flooding coincides with accelerated sea level rise. here
Miami Republicans beware, once the Atlantic takes Miami Beach it will be coming after you!
Check out what this blog might look like in 2073. here

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Goodbye Miami


Rick Scott
doesn't have a plan for climate change

He Doesn't Want To Talk About It