Lots more pictures now posted of this sunny Suwannee River outing past springs and sand like snow, plus Hands Across the Sand.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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Tag Archives: solar
Suwannee BOCC approves Duke solar plant 2017-04-18
Duke to build solar farm in Suwannee County instead of new natural gas turbines. How about more solar farms to help reduce fertilizer nitrogen runoff and solve the BMAP problem?
Parcel 25-01S-11E-1090700.0000,
Suwannee County Property Appraiser.
Thomas Lynn, Suwannee Democrat, 23 April 2017, Suwannee County BOCC approves 62 acres worth of solar panels,
LIVE OAK — The county commissioners approved a special permit to allow Duke Energy to install 62 acres worth of solar panels that will provide electricity to 1,700 homes.
During a county commissioners meeting on Tuesday, the county held a Continue reading
Court suggests FERC is derelict of duty about pipelines including Sabal Trail
Two judges accused FERC of not doing its duty. At stake: shutting down Sabal Trail, and maybe reforming FERC, in oral arguments today on Sierra Club, Flint Riverkeeper, and Chattachoochee Riverkeeper v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Case No. 16-1329 in the U.S. DC Court of Appeals.
Lena Moffit, Sierra Club Florida News, 18 April 2017, Sierra Club attorneys argue against Sabal Trail gas pipeline at DC Circuit Court of Appeals,
Judge [Judith W.] Rogers said at one point to the FERC lawyer, regarding their need to assess the full climate impacts of the project, “So, FERC just doesn’t have to do it’s duty because it thinks someone else will?”
Ellen M. Gilmer, E&E News, 18 April 2017, Judge slams FERC’s climate review,
[Judge Thomas B.] Griffith also appeared skeptical of FERC’s position, asking Continue reading
Sabal Trail a month late and still sending the press disinformation
No, Ms. Grover, your pipeline is not a job generator for Florida, Georgia, or Alabama, and yes, you’ve slipped your schedule.
“Florida is swarming with protests, like an antbed stirred up by a 600-mile pipeline stick,” John S. Quarterman, president, WWALS Watershed Coalition
You know what would bring economic benefits to the Sunshine State? Solar power, which already employs more people than coal, oil, and natural gas combined, which produced 1 in 20 new jobs last year, and last year solar power produced more new electricity than any other source.
Ms. Grover is paid to picture that fossil-fuel cash-out in the best possible light. Yet once you know the actual facts, it looks more like the Picture of Dorian Gray.
“How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But
this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than
this particular day of June…. If it were only the other way! If it
were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow
old! For that—for that—I would give everything! Yes,
there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give
my soul for that!”
—Dorian Gray, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
Joseph A. Mann Jr., FloridaBulldog.org, 23 March 2017, With help from investor-Gov. Scott, Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline looks to open in June, Continue reading
Videos: Water, Agriculture, and Forestry; WWALS @ VSU 2017-03-28
You can’t use traditional models for the karst Floridan Aquifer; new and harsher pesticides are expected this summer; but you can help raise native species; and later this month you can go see many of them in Berrien County, plus WWALS monthly outings, the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail, and the Alapaha River Water Trail and some WWALS history.
Yeah, coming this summer, and they’re head-scratchers.
All this was at the quarterly WWALS public meeting, this one on Water, Agriculture, and Forestry at Valdosta State University, March 28, 2017.
Here are links to each WWALS video of each talk, with a few notes and a few extra pictures, followed by a WWALS video playlist. Continue reading
Agenda: Water, Agriculture, and Forestry; public meeting @ VSU 2017-03-28
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (PDF)
Valdosta, Georgia; March 28, 2017 — It’s a full agenda tonight about Water, Agriculture, and Forestry with in a public meeting at Valdosta State University, hosted by WWALS Watershed Coalition.
When:
6-8PM Tuesday March 28, 2017
Where:
UC Theater, UC Center, Valdosta State University
1215 N. Patterson St., Valdosta, GA 31698
Event: facebook
Host:
WWALS Watershed Coalition
the Waterkeeper® Alliance Member as Suwannee Riverkeeper®
Agenda:
Getting out on the rivers (5 minutes each):
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About WWALS
—Dave Hetzel, WWALS Ambassador -
Outings: cleanups and monthly paddles
—Phil Hubbard, WWALS Outings Committee Chair -
Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail: signs, landings, and addresses
—John S. Quarterman, Suwannee Riverkeeper
Science and practice (15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A each): Continue reading
Water, Agriculture, and Forestry: public meeting @ VSU by WWALS 2017-03-28
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (PDF)
Valdosta, Georgia; March 23, 2017 — Suwannee Riverkeeper invites you to discuss Water, Agriculture, and Forestry with forestry and agriculture experts and WWALS board and committee members in a public meeting at Valdosta State University.
When: 6-8PM Tuesday March 28, 2017
Where:
UC Theater, UC Center, Valdosta State University
1215 N. Patterson St., Valdosta, GA 31698
Event: facebook
Host:
WWALS Watershed Coalition
the Waterkeeper® Alliance Member as Suwannee Riverkeeper®
Topics:
including but not limited to:
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Getting out on the rivers:
- Outings: cleanups and monthly paddles
- Water Trails: signs, landings, and addresses
- Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail
- Alapaha River Water Trail
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Science and practice:
- Geology: erosion and runoff
- Agriculture: pesticides and fertilizer
- Forestry: Best Management Practices
- Botany: Invasive species and native species
- Energy: solar power and pipelines
About: WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS) advocates for Continue reading
Solar Rocks for the Equinox @ SSJSCNFWG 2017-09-23
Suwannee Riverkeeper will be speaking at this event,
about how Georgia moved ahead in solar power,
what Florida has tried and still needs to do, and how
solar power has already won the economic race,
supplying more new solar power in 2016 than anything else (more than natural gas and more than wind), and employing more people than coal, oil, and gas combined.
When even FPL is finally building solar power, including at showplaces
such as Daytona International Speedway,
the sun is starting to rise on the Sunshine State.
There will be a WWALS table with information about all this.
Solar Rocks for the Equinox
March 7, 2017
Press Release: For Immediate ReleaseSolar Energy Expo
Save the DateWhen: 9am-5pm Saturday, September 23, 2017
Where: Sierra Club North Florida Headquarters at
Rum 138 2070 SW County Road 138, Fort White, FL 32038 Continue reading
Videos: Walk for Water, Speak for Springs, Dunnellon, FL 2017-01-28
See also some
previous pictures
of
Walk for Water & Speak for the Springs,
which was organized by Our Santa Fe River (OSFR), Sabal Trail Resistance,
and Dylan Hansen.
Below are links to each of the WWALS videos (including the earlier android phone videos), with a few notes, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
Quarterman: Sabal Trail pipeline already damaging our area
Op-ed Tallahassee Democrat, today, Sunday 29 January 2017:
Floridians are withdrawing money from banks backing the Sabal “Sinkhole” Trail pipeline, and demonstrating daily from Miami to Jacksonville and Tallahassee, sometimes physically blocking pipeline destruction. Fossil fuel profits do not justify eminent domain takings of local lands nor any risk to our waters. Solar power is cheaper, faster, and far safer.
Image: Electric power generation employment by technology,
U.S. Department of Energy
The solar industry provides more jobs than coal, oil, and natural gas combined. Sabal Trail’s own figures show Continue reading