Florida governor touts more spending for wildlife corridors, red tide research
by The Center Square
The Center Square— (The Center Square) — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Tuesday that the Florida Wildlife Corridor program and red tide research will receive a financial boost. The corridor program will receive $100 million through Senate Bill 1638, while the red tide program that combines the efforts of the Department of Environmental Protection, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Mote Marine Laboratory will continue after the signing of House Bill 1565. ...
www.counterpunch.org—The Australian Defence Formula: Spend! Spend! Spend!. The skin toasted Australian Minister of Defence, Richard Marles, who resembles, with each day, the product of an overly worked solarium, was adamant. Not only will Australians be paying a bill up to and above A$368 billion for nuclear powered submarines it does not need; it will also be throwing A$100 billion into the coffers of More
The Center Square—Spending $500M: School choice for Republican senators, teachers for governor. (The Center Square) – North Carolina education perspectives at opposite ends of thought do not show signs of meeting in the middle. Republican lawmakers led the state Senate’s approval of $500 million to erase the waiting list for Opportunity Scholarships on Thursday evening. Gov. Roy Cooper has sought a moratorium. “This is catastrophic for the hardworking educators who deserve higher pay and the families with children in public schools whose education is...
The Guardian—Florida sees thriving future if climate resilience managed, research finds. Florida wildlife corridor will spearhead climate resilience if allowed to evolve and essential preparatory work done, study saysClimate predictions in Florida, for the most part, make pretty grim reading. Rising oceans threaten to submerge most of the state by the end of the century, and soaring temperatures could make it too hot to live here anyway.But new research by a coalition of prominent universities paints a more upbeat picture of Florida’s future as a thriving state for humans and...