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• For the first time, local leaders from across the region are joining in on an effort to plan for climate change. The East Central Florida Regional Resilience Collaborative is the third in the state and the nineteenth in the nation. WMFE’s environmental reporter Amy Green joined Matthew Peddie on Intersection to talk more about environmental efforts from all over the region.
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• Cane toads, a non-native species to Florida, run rampant in backyards of homes and pose a threat to family pets with their toxins. Jeannine Tilford founded the pest removal company Toad Busters to protect both pets and Florida’s ecosystem from the toads and their toxic secretions.
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• Dr. Toby Daly-Engel works on the Shark Conservation lab at Florida Institute of Technology to learn more about sharks and their migratory and reproduction patterns. She joined Matthew Peddie on Intersection to talk more about the institute’s studies.
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• South Florida-based company Toad Busters removes non-native toxic toads from homes, saving both family pets and the state’s ecosystem. Toad Busters owner Jeannine Tilford joins Intersection.
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• Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed $625 million in spending for environmental programs in the 2019 state budget. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind talks about why these programs are important to Florida’s environment and its economy…and he suggests a few of his own.
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• 90.7 environmental reporter Amy Green, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting Executive Director Trevor Aaronson, journalist Tristram Korten and FIU research professor Dr. Randall Parkinson discuss the consequences of climate change here in the Sunshine State.
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• Today marks two weeks since Governor Ron DeSantis was sworn into office and Florida’s newly-minted leader has wasted no time taking on significant issues facing the state.
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• Gov. Ron DeSantis requested the entire governing board of the South Florida Water Management District to resign Thursday, effective immediately. The governor also signed an executive order that will dedicate billions to environmental conservation.
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• The City of Orlando wants all electricity consumed within the city to come from renewable sources by 2050. The city council unanimously passed a resolution stating this goal Tuesday.
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• Florida has swamps and bears a plenty- but how about a giant, flying, toxic bear? We chat with novelist Jeff Vandermeer about his apocalyptic vision of the future- and 90.7’s Amy Green about the environmental challenges of today.
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