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Gainesville Cohousing will offer residents a communal and environmentally friendly living option.
Read More »Gainesville Cohousing Offers Alternative Community Lifestyle, Partners With UF Landscape Students
Newberry Plans To Use Advanced Metering Infrastructure To Help Residents Control Utility Spending
To combat the problem of delayed billing, the Newberry city commission plans to allow the utility provider installing an advanced metering infrastructure, or AMI.
Read More »Appeals Court Orders Review Of Sabal Trail Pipeline
A federal appeals court has ordered a review of the Sabal Trail pipeline, saying that the initial approval did not take greenhouse-gas emissions from Florida power plants into account. The pipeline goes from Alabama, through part of Southwest Georgia and then through Florida to Osceola County.
Read More »Charges Dropped Against Sabal Trail Protesters
The State Attorney's Office dismissed charges today against 11 of the 14 protesters arrested at a Sabal Trail construction site in Gilchrist County last November.
Read More »WUFT, Gainesville Sun And Bob Graham Center To Host Public Forum On GRU’s Purchase Of GREC
The Gainesville Sun, WUFT and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service will host a public program at 6 p.m. on June 13 in the Pugh Hall Ocora that will examine the ongoing negotiations between Gainesville Regional Utilities and the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center.
Read More »Sabal Trail Pipeline Prevents Native American Funeral Ceremony
A Seminole Elder's body waits in a morgue while his family members figure out what to do with his remains after construction of the Sabal Trail Pipeline disturbed a nearby burial ground.
Read More »Lawmakers Push For Fracking Ban In Florida
A bipartisan group of lawmakers backed a proposed ban on the controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas Tuesday.
Read More »Facebook Users Prepare To Protest Over Sabal Trail Pipeline
Facebook event “Springs Not Pipelines! An Action Camp on the Santa Fe River” has reached over 900 people, preparing them to use their rights to protest the Sabal Trail pipeline.
Read More »North Central Florida Prepares As Matthew Strengthens
North Central Florida counties are taking measures to prepare for Hurricane Matthew as it heads toward the U.S. from the Caribbean.
Read More »Help for Power Outages
As of 6 a.m., these are the approximate power outage totals: GRU: 18,000 Duke: 85,000 Clay: 33,283 If you have experienced a power outage, call your electric company to report it. Gainesville Regional Utility: To report power outages and to report a downed power line call 352-334-2871 To report natural …
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