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Climate & Music - Sea Us Rise is an environmental nonprofit that inspires climate action with music. We are based in St. Petersburg, Florida & Petersborough, UK. Do you know artists making music about the planet? Submit at Seausrise.org

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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 6h
Data centers have come to symbolize what's wrong with our systems - large corporations getting tax breaks to extract money & assets from people while building them in cheap & and inefficient ways. It will be interesting to see how much public pushback against data centers is really out there.
jasongarcia.substack.com
Data center interests have put $30 million into Florida campaigns as Election Day approaches
Supporters of data centers have spent more than $6 million boosting Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor. But the industry is sinking millions into state legislative races, too.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The deadline to request a mail ballot is October 22. This, and lots more info, right here, for your voting convenience. 🗳 @followers #vote #VoteFlorida
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Everything You Need to Know for the November 3rd 2026 General Election - Sea Us Rise
We are barrelling to the general election on November 3, 2026. Here is what you need to know for that. We are strictly nonpartisan and pro-planet. Interesting that NPA voter numbers decreased by 202 –...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Both get out the vote and protecting the vote campaigning by the NAACP will really matter in Florida. One of the two congressional districts they are focusing on is 14, Rep. Kathy Castor's race, which was gerrymandered earlier this year. More power to the NAACP.
wlrn.org
NAACP launches election protection war room, get-out-the vote campaign ahead of 2026 midterm
With less than a month remaining until the 2026 midterm elections, the NAACP is creating a legal war room to safeguard voters across the country, including Florida.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We applaud Duke for promising to protect the tiny sea creatures who make up the basis for so much in Tampa Bay.
tampabay.com
Fish get caught in Duke’s power plant equipment. Could this $6.6M upgrade help?
The utility plans to replace six existing traveling water screens at the Bartow Combined Cycle Station at the edge of Weedon Island.
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SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
How do journalists investigate the illegal trafficking of natural sand? The latest #SEJournalInsideStory looks behind award-winning reporting on crime rings moving massive quantities of sand from African countries — and the environmental consequences of the trade. www.sej.org/publications...
Graphic for SEJournal Inside Story Q&A featuring a portrait of freelance journalist David Taylor. Text reads, “Behind the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand.”
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why are energy bills so high in Florida? They've gone up a whopping 70% in the last10 years. And now we are going to add data centers and trust that the power companies will not pass along costs?
wusf.org
Why are energy bills so high in Florida?
WUSF reporter Jessica Meszaros discusses some of her team’s recent reporting on the rising cost of power in Florida on "Marketplace Morning Report."
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There are so many bad things Amendment 3 will do. Imperiling Florida's water seems fundamentally wrong. Wish this wasn't such an extreme proposal.
floridatrib.org
Watchdogs warn Amendment 3 may cut funding for flood control and drinking water
The measure would cut funding for Florida’s five water management districts, which are responsible for stopping floods, securing the drinking water supply, preventing toxic algae blooms and overseeing...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here is the link to comment: www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our current federal and state leadership seem fine with destroying what generations have worked hard to save. All for money and power. The comment period to protest against logging in our forests ends tonight. Link in the comments. It takes one minute of your time.
tampabay.com
Florida’s 3 national forests at risk of logging, new roads under Trump rollback, groups warn
As a public comment deadline nears, environmentalists warn rescinding the “Roadless Rule” could further harm Florida’s wildlife.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The League of Women Voters - St. Pete is holding a forum with the City Council candidates for districts 2 & 6. The forum will be at the Barack Obama Main Library on Thursday October 8 starting at 6pm. Engage in local democracy!
lwvspa.org
Events for October 2026 Events for October 2026 – LWVSPA
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today is the last day to register to vote in Florida's mid term elections. Can't access the Pinellas Supervisor of Elections website? Is it crashing because so many people are registering to vote (or trying to)? You can visit or call them: 13001 Starkey Rd, Largo, FL 33771 (727) 464-8683
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Are you registered to vote in Florida? ARE YOU SURE? Deadline to register is Monday 10/5. Lots more info about voting below. Let's fix Florida! #VoteNOon3 #vote
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Everything You Need to Know for the November 3rd 2026 General Election - Sea Us Rise
We are barrelling to the general election on November 3, 2026. Here is what you need to know for that. We are strictly nonpartisan and pro-planet. Interesting that NPA voter numbers decreased by 202 –...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There is so much going on in Pinellas this month. Help clean our urban lakes. Or do a beach clean up. Attend a St. Pete Eco Club meeting (tonight there's a presentation about electric boats!). Get out and help save the planet. It's a great way to do good and meet lovely people.
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October's Green Events - Save the Planet and Have Fun - Sea Us Rise
Lots of October events in Pinellas county for those who want to help save the planet. Clean up lakes! Bike to work!
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tonight at Thrive in downtown St. Pete, meet the local candidates that the Sierra Club thinks are best for Florida.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What will the real impact of Amendment 3 be on where you live? The Florida Policy Institute created a calculator to find out the impact of the property tax cuts. Each municipality will have to make up a chunk of that money to keep normal services working. We urge you to vote NO on Amendment 3.
floridaphoenix.com
Calculator allows individuals to see the fiscal effects in their areas if Amendment 3 passes • Florida Phoenix
The constitutional amendment that would reduce non-school homestead property taxes is the biggest policy proposal on the 2026 statewide ballot. Amendment 3 would raise the homestead exemption on non-s...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Florida has opened it's bear harvest permits, which is a lottery to kill. The Sierra Club urges us to put in applications to join the lottery to get a permit, to remove as many as possible out of killers' hands. It's just $5. There is no justification for the state's poor management of wildlife
sierraclub.org
Spare a Bear, Bag a Tag!
This December, Florida is set to hold a statewide bear hunt with 215 bear hunting permits issued through a lottery system. Our goal? Buy up all the tags to keep them out of hunters’ hands.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The average amount of time a plastic bag is used is 12 minutes. The average time it takes for a plastic bag to break down after use starts in 20 years, and can take hundreds of them. Let's get Publix Super Markets to stop distributing the 1.7 billion bags they give out each year. #publix
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Publix Plastic Bag Campaign - Sea Us Rise
Publix gives out 1.7 billion plastic bags each year, which is terrible for the environment and bad for fuel prices. Let's get them to stop.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Duke Energy & TECO get extremely low grades from the Sierra Club's report on power companies' embrace of clean energy. Things across the country have gotten worse over the last two years, not better. Their use of fossil fuels are more expensive for consumers & worse for the planet.
cltampa.com
Sierra Club gives TECO, Duke failing grades on clean energy
Tampa Electric Company's Big Bend plant in Apollo Beach, Florida. Tampa Bay’s electric utilities are facing a struggle familiar to those of us who were
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are you registered to vote in Florida? Deadline is October 5th. Do you want a mail in ballot? Deadline is October 22nd. Other Florida voting questions? We got you. #VOTE #Florida
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Everything You Need to Know for the November 3rd 2026 General Election - Sea Us Rise
After Florida’s primary, we get to barrel to the general election on November 3, 2026. Here is what you need to know for that. We will update this site after the primary with the local and statewide c...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Homeowners insurance, even when you can afford it, doesn't work in Florida. Something has to be done. People who do everything right are still suffering
capitalandmain.com
In Florida, the Climate Crisis Comes Due as a Higher Insurance Premium
The state’s voters aren’t arguing about fuel. They’re arguing about who pays when extreme weather hits.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Let's have some good news. A private/public partnership is preserving land in Boca Ciega bay. One of those times when our tax dollars are spent well.
tampabay.com
Pinellas County looks to conserve 29 acres along Boca Ciega Bay
The land deal, which includes an island and waterfront property with aquatic habitat, could come to a vote before county leaders this year.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Update - more great eco events in Pinellas for the rest of the month from the Suncoast Sierra Club, Keep Pinellas Beautiful, Boyd Hill, and more. We updated our post so you have the info handy. Hope to see you at one of these as we make the world a better place. 🌏
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September Local Green Events - Save the Planet and Have Fun - Sea Us Rise
September has many green events that you can participate in to make Florida, and the planet, better, Please share.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Climate Justice - making right the environmental wrongs that wealthier nations have caused around the world - is very real for the Nepals and others with horrific flooding. (Gift article.)
nytimes.com
Nepal’s Gen Z Is Taking on the World’s Polluters Over Climate Disasters
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Maybe the FWC is keeping it on the down low because people are complaining about overkill. Or because committee member Johnny Morris, CEO of Bass Pro Shops, wants to build a resort on Lake Okeechobee and needs it cleaned up. Good time to contact your state legislators and demand transparency.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is holding secret meetings about herbicide spraying in Florida's lakes, streams, & waterways. The coordinating body that FWC created is not subject to Florida's Sunshine laws, according to the FWC. Legal experts doubt that claim. (1 of 2)
floridatrib.org
Florida sets new course for controversial herbicide program behind closed doors
Florida’s herbicide spraying has sparked public backlash and promises to reform the way the state manages invasive aquatic plants. But state officials are starting to form that strategy in secret.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Are you registered to vote? If you are planning to vote by mail, have you checked your VbM status with your local supervisor of elections?
makeaplantovote.com
Ok, you can check your voter registration status here: - Make A Plan To Vote
Once you’ve confirmed, go back to making your voting plan Once you’ve confirmed, go back to making your voting plan
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Duke Energy forced the redaction of all the dollar amounts in their state filing for data centers. Don't worry, though. They totally pinky promised that consumers will be fine. FINE. It's all right there, under the black ink. #datacenters #duke
yahoo.com
How much could data centers cost Duke Energy Florida customers? It’s redacted
Consumer advocates filed explosive new documents Tuesday in Tallahassee, alleging in a case before regulators that Duke Energy is trying to saddle Floridians with billions’ worth of increases to their...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Are data centers a big deal in the Florida governor's race? To be fair, Donalds says that the almost $10,000,000 data center/tech money given to his campaign doesn't influence him at all. #datacenters #floridagovernor
floridaphoenix.com
Debate about data centers emerges in Donalds-Jolly gubernatorial race • Florida Phoenix
Alarm about the potential threat to the labor economy and even human civilization itself from artificial intelligence sharpened over the weekend and may lead to even more anxiety for Floridians about ...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Kids are experiencing climate stress. How can we help them deal with it? NEEF, the National Environmental Education Foundation, is devoting resources to help students. They hope their video will start conversations with kids and their parents, students and their teachers.
neefusa.org
Climate Emotions Video: A Whole Lot
Help kids explore climate emotions with this animated video created with youth artists and educators.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The federal government is seeking an easing of rules for data centers. The EPA wants to suspend clean air rules so data/AI centers don't have to disclose their air pollution. What could possibly go wrong?
theguardian.com
Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn
Trump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
St. Pete residents should decide about taking power - literally - away from Duke Energy, according to Public Power St. Pete. They are getting petition signatures to put that choice on the 2028 ballot. What other Florida municipalities run their own power utilities? We did the research for you.
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Public Power (Literally): Which Florida Cities Have a Publicly Owned Power Company? - Sea Us Rise
St. Petersburg is exploring creating a municipal power company and getting rid of Duke Energy. What about the rest of Florida?
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Public & advocacy pressure works. FL's PSC ususlly supports energy companies over residents but pushback from citizens & environmental orgs won. The PSC didn't do an expected rule change which would have led to higher prices, starting off with TECO customers. Cheers to those who fight the power!
foodandwaterwatch.org
FL Affordable Energy Advocates Stop Utility Rate Hike
Advocates pushed PSC to retain Rule 25-14.004 in its entirety, allowing ratepayers — especially Tampa Electric’s — to continue benefiting from tax breaks
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Shitty Shitty Bang Bang. Name of the Flying Car Initiative?
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Have to repost because we are flabbergasted all over again. Our government got $197 Million to add chargers for electric vehicles. They decided to use it instead on FLYING CARS. Yep, flying cars. Which don't exist. Oh, Florida. We were so close... we'll probably get Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
floridaphoenix.com
Instead of installing more EV chargers, Florida DOT dreams of flying cars • Florida Phoenix
I watched a lot of cartoons as a kid. None was more visually stunning than “The Jetsons.” It focused on a family coping with life in a streamlined future filled with snazzy gadgets. George Jetson, for...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hey, Florida might do something right, and preserve pristine coastal land, right here in Pinellas County. The north end of Clearwater Beach, Mandalay Point, would be a gem, and a great way to protect local marine species.
wusf.org
Florida considers $30 million Clearwater land deal
Florida might purchase nearly 28 acres at Mandalay Point, one of Clearwater Beach’s last undeveloped coastal stretches.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Lots of good green stuff going on in our area. Hang out with a Gopher Tortiose! Clean up the beach with awesome people! Help protect Florida wildlife! We updated our September listings. If you want your eco-events listed, please email us at info@seausrise.org. Cheers!
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September Local Green Events - Save the Planet and Have Fun - Sea Us Rise
September has many green events that you can participate in to make Florida, and the planet, better, Please share.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Should these FL Public Service Commissioners Be Reappointed? - Sea Us Rise
Should these public service commissioners be reappointed? Are they serving Floridians or utility companies?
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Public Service Commission has a vital role in Florida's energy costs & availability. Public service seems in name only (our recent story about it in the comments). They've also blocked our advocate from participating in some rate discussions. So yeah, there aren't many reasons to trust them.
floridapolitics.com
Poll: Voters don’t trust the PSC, and blame shifts hard once they learn Gov. DeSantis picks its members
Only 19% of Florida voters trust the PSC on their electric bills. Tell them who picks the Commissioners and the blame moves to the Governor's Office.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great to see that many people believe using nature to fix problems - increased mangroves along the shoreline, for example. The plan, modeled after a similar Louisiana plan, is funded to fix how we get swamped.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Tampa Bay Coastal Master Plan surveyed residents about flooding in our area. The huge rain dumps we've seen this summer were cited as a big cause of flooding.
tampabay.com
What’s Tampa Bay’s biggest flood worry? Residents say extreme rainfall
The results come from a survey informing the Tampa Bay Coastal Master Plan, a guide to addressing local flooding.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who owns the beaches? It seems natural that the public owns the property we pay to restore, we take care of, and has always been public. But if you are a rich landowner, it seems obvious that you own all the land. The courts, and maybe the citizens, will decide. @followers #saveflorida
wusf.org
Who owns the beach? A heated battle plays out in the Florida Panhandle
After years of fighting over who gets to use the beach, and where, in Walton County, Florida, public-use advocates are calling for a state constitutional amendment to finally settle the matter.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You won't know when a data center is coming to your area, if the EPA is successful in cancelling its own rules. No notice will be required. No opportunity to get information. No chance to fight. Time to contact your representative and senator to tell them to fight this. #sayno #epa
apnews.com
EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on data center plans
A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked a backlash in communities across the country ...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Why is an environmental nonprofit posting about Dump Duke? Because municipal-run energy is likely to utilize more sustainable ways of providing electricity, our energy bills would likely be significantly reduced, & we want them to have a little less power (ha!) in the state.
tampabay.com
How a proposal to ditch Duke Energy could get on St. Petersburg ballots
A new coalition officially kicked off their petition drive with Dump Duke, saying voters should have a say in their electric bills.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pinellas county has great voter turnout. Both Florida and Pinellas have turned from purple to red, though that ignores the 29% of indie and small part voters. How will this impact the midterms and November elections? We dive right in. #votingstats
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Pinellas Voters' Turnout - We're Good Voters! - Sea Us Rise
Pinellas voter turnout is something we can be proud of. Let's look at the voting statistics for Pinellas County.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're a nonprofit so we try not to mention political parties. You are totally right about this!
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Florida's environment - and controlling suburban and rural sprawl - will be harmed by Amendment 3. You might think the legislature did an analysis of the impact of drastically cutting homestead taxes, but you would be wrong.
yahoo.com
Care about Florida’s environment? Vote no on Amendment 3 | Column
From rural communities to Florida’s largest cities, from the Keys to Pensacola, Floridians are universally angry about sprawl. Poorly planned development is gobbling up habitat for wildlife and the fa...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate a federal requirement that states publicize and solicit public input", or in other words, not require states to let people know there will be a data center built near them until it is approved. This isn't going to end well... #datacenters
sltrib.com
EPA moves to curb public input on data centers
The Trump administration is moving to make it harder for communities to weigh in on proposed data centers — or to even learn about them before permits are approved and construction starts.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Should St. Pete keep Duke Energy or have a municipal run power company? Jacksonville, Orlando, Gainesville and 29 other municipalities run their own electric utilities. The Dump Duke campaign filed paperwork to get it on the ballot and let the residents of St. Pete decide. #dumpduke
yahoo.com
Dump Duke on the ballot? Organizers launch petition push in St. Petersburg
After lots of back-and-forth at City Hall, voters in St. Petersburg may be the ones who get the final say on whether the city ditches Duke Energy in favor of a municipal-run electric grid.
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
St. Pete City Council's HERS Committee will be talking about the Duke agreement today, if you want to watch the City presentation. It will be streamed on the link below. The discussion is scheduled for 9:55am. The Dump Duke people will be watching. youtube.com/@stpetersbur...
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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our UK correspondent, aka Sea Us Rise board member Paula Cooper, shared info about The Big Plastic Count over there. How much plastic is used annually, and what happens to it? Is it burned? Sent overseas? Buried? Recycled? Yes... @coopspa.bsky.social
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No Plastic, Please (From our colleague across the pond) - Sea Us Rise
In the UK, we have a plastic problem. In The Big Plastic Count 2026 – the UK’s latest and largest household plastic waste survey – it was estimated that households throw away 82 billion pieces of plas...
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