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Posted by Florida Greens
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Friday, 23 October 2009 09:19 |
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 Javier is a member of the Green Party of Florida and has devoted over 30 years of energy and vision to creating a more sustainable Lake Worth for today’s and tomorrow’s generations. His current campaign for mayor is just another leg in that journey.
A Message from Javier: I want to personally thank everyone for the encouragement and support I have received since announcing my campaign for mayor. I intend to earn every vote by running a campaign that puts values and issues before fundraising and political favors. My campaign will be based on humanitarian values and fueled by elbow grease. I believe in your vote and look forward to serving as Mayor. I hope you will join us in what we intend to be the most progressive campaign in Lake Worth’s history. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2009 09:24 |
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Florida News
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Posted by Florida Greens
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 10:39 |
 Under an ill-conceived law approved by the Florida legislature in 2006 in Florida, private utility companies are allowed to collect funds, in the form of rate increases to their customers, to pay the advance costs for nuclear power plant construction. These funds can be collected even if the nuclear projects have not yet been licensed and approved by state and federal regulatory agencies, and if the projects are not approved. If the nuclear plants are canceled by the utilities for any reason, the corporations can pocket the millions they have fleeced from their customers, all with permission from the state.
"Granting FPL and Progress Energy permission to raise utility rates to pay for risky and unnecessary nuclear plants is like giving them a license to steal," said Michael Canney, GPF spokesperson and representative in a Petition to Intervene in the federal licensing process for the Levy County nuclear plant. "Nuclear cost recovery is a form of corporate welfare designed to "fast track" nuclear power development and guarantee industry profits at the expense of the public interest. The PSC has become a rubber stamp for the nuclear power industry."
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Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2009 10:47 |
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National News
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Posted by Florida Greens
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Wednesday, 21 October 2009 07:25 |
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 Green Pages, the national publication of the Green party of the United States, has posted the Fall 2009 edition.
To view it, go to: http://gp.org/greenpages-blog/ |
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National News
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Posted by Florida Greens
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Monday, 20 July 2009 09:26 |
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 The Summer 2009 issue of the Green Pages, the quarterly national newspaper for the Green Party of the United States is now available online here. This issue includes two articles from Florida Greens.
Michael Canney campaigns for Alachua City Commission (Florida) Searching out the mole Greens commence a lawsuit in pursuit of the Florida Five by Barbara Rodgers-Hendricks, Green Party of Florida |
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Last Updated on Monday, 20 July 2009 09:41 |
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Florida News
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Posted by Florida Greens
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Saturday, 11 July 2009 15:28 |
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 Progress Energy Florida's proposal to build a new dual-reactor nuclear power plant in Levy County was challenged in February when the Green Party of Florida (GPF) joined with the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) and the Ecology Party to file a Petition to Intervene in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's licensing process for PEF's Construction and Operating License Application.
On Wednesday July 8, after months of deliberation, a three-judge Atomic Safety Licensing Board panel issued a 112-page order ruling that the Petitioners had submitted valid and admissible "contentions" regarding the proposed plant's environmental impact that deserve a legal hearing. Click [Read more] below to read the full press release. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 11 July 2009 16:08 |
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Florida News
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Posted by Florida Greens
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 00:00 |
These days it seems everybody is "going green." Real concern for climate change and the environment, however, has to go beyond slogans and bullet points designed to look good and make a buck. 
This affects us all. We can't solve anything if it's only for some, and it's run by greed. That's what brought us here in the first place. That and complacency. Then there's something called misinformation. The lack of a committed media. A shortage of proper education. The list goes on...
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Last Updated on Saturday, 27 June 2009 21:50 |
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Local & County News
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Posted by Florida Greens
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Sunday, 23 November 2008 00:00 |
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 Congratulations, Cara!
Cara Jennings Victory Propels Progressive Shift in Lake Worth Commission
Earning 56% of the vote through an outstanding, organized grassroots effort involving Palm Beach Greens along with other citizens and activists, Florida Green Cara Jennings won re-election in the non-partisan race for Commissioner in Lake Worth on November 18th.
This time it was a clear victory for Cara. She won her seat the first time in a runoff. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 27 June 2009 21:43 |
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National News
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Posted by Florida Greens
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009 00:00 |
One year to the day after Martin Luther King delivered a speech at the Riverside Church in NYC, he was gunned down in Memphis.
If you haven't yet heard them (and even if you have), it behooves you to hear the words of our then highest moral public figure that challenged the US role in Vietnam and beyond. Try to get your public speakers, newspapers and public as well as private TV stations to refer to that speech, instead of the endless broadcasting of the "I have a dream..." speech. The latter has its rightful place in history, but the Riverside Church speech is the one most needed to be heard by ALL communities today.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 27 June 2009 23:38 |
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