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guardian.co.uk - 3/6/2009
US plan would protect vast area of reef
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• US group to vote in June on destructive fishing gear ban • 23,000 square miles of coral reefs would be affected A few miles from the south-east Florida coast, at a depth of crushing pressure and frigid temperatures, lies an eerie world of snowy coral, undiscovered forms of life and rock ...
nrdc.org - 3/2/2009
Florida Coastal and Ocean Policy Report Card
— nrdc.org — The Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition is a group of organizations, including NRDC, working together to conserve,... protect, and restore Florida's coastal and marine environment. The Florida Coastal and Ocean Policy Report Card provides a detailed ... (more) Florida Coastal and Ocean Policy Report Card

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reuters.com - 3/11/2009
FPL unveils plans for three Florida solar plants
— reuters.com — By Jim Loney MIAMI, June 25 (Reuters) - FPL Group Inc ( FPL.N ) unveiled plans on... Wednesday to build 110 megawatts of solar-power generating plants in Florida as part of a long-term goal to ramp up its renewable energy portfolio, the company's chief ... (more) FPL unveils plans for three Florida solar plants

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Florida to Charge Bottled Water Companies by the Gallon
treehugger.com - 3/6/2009
Florida to Charge Bottled Water Companies by the Gallon
— treehugger.com — Photo via Flickr Every day, 500,000 gallons get sucked up from a limestone basin in northern Florida... by the Nestle Water Co. Every hour of each of those days, the water fills 102,000 plastic bottles at a nearby bottling plant. Nestle, and the 22 ... (more) Florida to Charge Bottled Water Companies by the Gallon

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Oceana News — ... ...A council plans to vote in June on protecting the sea floor from Florida to North Carolina from bottom trawls, bottom longlines and other destructive fishing gear. The 23,000 square miles is thought to encompass the largest deepwater reef system in the world. ...

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