One million square feet of wetlands and natural habitat are about to be destroyed in West Orlando, as City Commissioners remain silent due to pressure from Mayor Buddy Dyer. All of this destruction follows the City Council’s recent decision to spend $6 million to save Constitution Green park and preserve one… [read more]
A quasi-judicial hearing will take place tomorrow morning as residents continue to fight against a developer attack on wetlands and protected species habitat that are part of the Wekiva River Basin. A plan by City Hall insiders calls for wiping out more than one hundred acres of pristine and virtually untouched… [read more]
Major local environmental issues including the Parramore contamination and Orlando brownfields will be discussed on an official panel at the 2015 National Action Network conference in New York City. Lawanna Gelzer, President of the NAN Central Florida Chapter, has been invited to join an Environmental Justice panel discussion, titled Killing US Softly:… [read more]
The true cost to taxpayers for the City of Orlando’s abrupt decision to move the location of the new proposed Major League Soccer stadium is slowly becoming more clear based on new public records. With Mayor Buddy Dyer’s sudden change in plans, part of the new soccer stadium will sit on… [read more]
Issuing an Earth Day warning about widespread contamination in Parramore, the Fight Back Coalition, the Central Florida Democratic Environmental Caucus and members of the local Sierra Club chapter launched a new community awareness campaign calling for more transparency, public outreach and direct action to help residents. The group also revealed… [read more]
On Monday, the city of Orlando pushed through some of Florida’s weakest fertilizer regulations despite public outcry asking city leaders to take more time to develop policy and rewrite the regulations. Members of the Sierra Club and the League of Women Voters – two very influential organizations – were at… [read more]