Florida conservation groups say they plan to sue after the federal government greenlit another development that threatens the habitat of the panther, the official state animal.
The honey-colored Florida panther inhabits the southwest corner of the state, mostly occupying a remote swath of cypress swamps, sawgrass prairies and other natural and agricultural lands that constitute less than 5 percent of the large feline’s historic range.
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Climate Change
Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest
Despite a sunny climate, Alabama ranks 49th among U.S. states in residential solar installations—lower than Alaska. Advocates say the steep solar fee is part of the reason why.
In Alabama, a years-long battle over one of the nation’s highest backup fees for residential solar customers may have finally come to an end.
Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest
Climate Change
Your ‘Widely Recyclable’ Starbucks Cup Is Still Trash
“Starbucks wants consumers to think that the cups are recyclable so that consumers will buy lots of them and feel good about themselves.”
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