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Report | Environment Florida Research and Policy Center

Polluting Politics

Polluting Politics links Florida’s biggest polluters to the money they spend to influence our elections and lobby decision-makers.The report includes the amount of toxic pollution dumped in Florida’s waterways by industrial facilities alongside the money their parent companies spent on lobbying and campaign contributions.

 

Report | Environment Florida Research & Policy Center

More Wind, Less Warming

American wind power already produced enough energy in 2013 to power 15 million homes. Continued, rapid development of wind energy would allow the renewable resource to supply 30 percent of the nation’s electricity by 2030, providing more than enough carbon reductions to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan.

Report | Environment Florida Research & Policy Center

America’s Dirtiest Power Plants

As international leaders prepare for the United Nations Climate Summit next week in New York, a new study shows America’s power plants dump as much carbon pollution into the air any other country’s entire economy except China. Environment Florida Research & Policy Center pointed to the report as evidence for why the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal for the nation’s first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants is a critical step in the international fight against global warming.

Report | Environment Florida Research & Policy Center

Lighting the Way

Florida lags behind other leading solar states, according to a new report ranking the states on the amount of solar per capita through 2013.  

Report | Environment Florida Reseach and Policy Center

Wasting our Waterways

The “Wasting Our Waterways” report shows that industrial facilities dumped millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into America’s waterways. In response, the Environmental Protection Agency is considering a new rule to restore Clean Water Act protections to thousands of waterways across the nation.

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