Environmentalists want to be heard.

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.

The state’s second bear hunt in a decade will run from Dec. 5 to Dec. 27. Wildlife activists are again pushing back.

A recent statewide poll found 68% of likely Florida voters oppose building an artificial intelligence data center in their local area.

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