Environmental Florida

Florida had no cities on the list of most polluted cities relased by the American Lung Association. 

The most polluted cities by ozone are listed as:

#1: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA

#2: Bakersfield-Delano, CA

#3: Visalia-Porterville, CA

#4: Fresno-Madera, CA

#5: Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Yuba City, CA

#6: Hanford-Corcoran, CA

#7: San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA

#8: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX

#9: Merced, CA

#10: Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC

#11: San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

#12: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

#13: El Centro, CA

#14: Modesto, CA

#14: Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV

#16: Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN

#17: New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA

#18: Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN

#19: Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ

#20: Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD

#21: Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL

#22: Chico, CA

#23: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL

#24: Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA

#25: Las Vegas-Paradise-Pahrump, NV

The Orange County Environmental Protection Division together with Orange County Parks and Recreation, as partners of the Central Florida Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area, will hold an Air Potato Raid, an exotic species removal* effort. Volunteers are invited to join in the activities to gather air potato tubers.

When: January 22, 2011
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Orlo Vista Park, 1 N. Powers Drive, Orlando
Trimble Park, 5802 Trimble Park Drive, Tangerine
Carl T Langford Park, 808 E Central Blvd, downtown Orlando
Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland
& multiple sites throughout Seminole County

Information

The Central Florida Chapter’s Residential Green Building Advocacy Committee invites you to learn more about retrofitting homes with solar power and other energy conserving improvements.

The free event will be held on Tuesday, September 14th in Cocoa at the Florida Solar Energy Center located on 1679 Clearlake Road. Event details can be found by visiting homessolar.eventbrite.com.

Efforts are under way to relocate sea turtle eggs in hopes of saving them from impact of oil spill.

The oil spill is affecting wildlife in it’s path.  Residents in Florida should call the Oil Wildlife hotline number that BP has set up.  The number to call to report injured or oiled animals and wildlife is 1-866-557-1401.

Residents who encounter animals affected by the oil spill should never try to clean or handle them.  There are specialists available that are trained to clean and handle oiled wildlife.

Persons interested in volunteering to help with the Florida coast oil spill are encourage to do so. Volunteers are needed for many tasks that include; coast Watch, pre-oil landfall beach cleanups and fundraising.

You can obtain additional information and register as a volunteer by visiting :

http://www.volunteerfloridadisaster.org/

The Lyonia Environmental Center, 2150 Eustace Ave., Deltona is seeking volunteers to teach children about water resources and help with lake cleanups in west Volusia County.

For more information, please contact Sandy Falcon at (386) 789-7207 (386) 789-7207 , ext. 248, or sfalcon@co.volusia.fl.us.

The City of Orlando invites you to learn about recent advances and opportunities in the solar industry.The education session will be held on February 23, 2010 at 6:00 pm at City Hall. Orlando City Council Chambers. 400 S. Orange Ave. on the 2nd floor.

As part of the Green Building those in attendance will discover the benefits of solar power.

For more information, please contact Lillian Scott at 407.246.3273

“Simply put, bio-power will put a lot of Floridians back to work. Florida can lead the nation in bio-power technology and the new jobs it can create”, according to Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson.

Florida Must Take Advantage of Bio-Power Opportunities

There over 600 springs in Florida that require we reduce the harmful impact we bring upon them.  Check out this St. Johns River Water Management District video for more information.