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• ORLANDO, Fla. _ Environmentalists rejoiced when city commissioners voted unanimously to power every home and business here with 100 percent clean energy by 2050. Two and a half years later city leaders say they still aren’t sure how they are going to do it.
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• The controversial rule change dramatically reduces pollution protections for many waterways. Farmers and builders approve, but environmental groups plan to challenge it.
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• It’s been three years since a $427 million restoration of the ailing Indian River Lagoon got underway, after Brevard County voters approved a half-cent sales tax to fund the effort.
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• A new report says Floridians should expect only minimal relief from toxic algae as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considers new rules for managing Lake Okeechobee.
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• “When we organize, we model the world we want to see,” says teenager Xiye Bastida. Activist girls like Bastida have been especially visible in the fight against climate change.
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• The court said the nearly two dozen young people who were trying to force action by the government on climate change did not have standing to sue. The judges said climate change is a political issue.
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• Bob Vollmer, a land surveyor for nearly six decades, tells NPR he’s got new projects in mind — like building a pool. And he’s got some advice: “If anybody does anything for you … say thank you.”
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