Our first official meeting on the second Monday of the month had a great turnout. Over 20 people gathered to discuss and strategize on regional environmental issues. Next meeting is November 9, 7pm at the Friends Quaker Meeting, 823 North C St, Lake Worth. Please bring food or drink to share. Below are notes from the October meeting, with updates and live links:
**Updates on FPL
the proposed modification for increasing the emissions of FPL’s WCEC, which can be viewed here:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/air/emission/apds/default.asp
The proposal adds several additional tons of air pollution through an auxiliary boiler. There will be a public hearing on the matter soon (Nov 17 or 19, location/time TBA... stay tuned!)
We also discussed the SFWMD decision to give FPL $1 million to relocate water pipelines in relation to the WCEC. They are supposed to vote on that, item #50, today Oct 15.. Yesterday the District agreed to give money to FPL for the Turkey Point water regional impacts.. You’d never know that damn company was making billions in profits, they way they extort the public.
**350.org Days of Action organizing events:
-Oct 17 ‘Age of Stupid’ movie showing at Unitarian Universalist church in Boca, 7pm, 2601 St Andrews Blvd
-Oct 22 ‘Age of Stupid’ movie showing at L’dor V’dor, 7400 Lake Worth Road, 7pm
-Oct 23 Rally at DEP about failure to address climate change, 400 North Congress, 12:00-1:30pm, www.350.org/DEPFlorida
-Oct 23 Interfaith Service on the Climate at L'Dor V'dor, 7pm, www.350.org/SFlainterfaith
-Oct 24 Climate Change Wall of Hope and Shame, 3pm Rally at Atlantic Dunes Beach Park (1605 South Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach, Florida) www.350.org/palmbeachcounty350
check out this great coverage with local Greenpeace volunteer organizer Bobette:
http://www.envmagazine.org/350-TheMostImportantNumber.html
**Town of Palm Beach is still opposing Federal Protection for endangered Staghorn Corral! Click here to take action:
http://reefrescuealert.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/ask-palm-beach-to-withdraw-their-objections-to-coral-protection/
**the PBC Legislative Delegation begins meeting across the County starting next month through January. One of the primary issues of environmental concern across the state is the proposal to lift the ban on drilling off-shore for gas and oil. Other issues mentioned at our meeting included: funding for Florida Forever, rock-mining, the DCA, Scripps… Anyone can speak at these events, but it is best to sign up to secure a spce. The schedule can be seen here.
http://www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/legislativeaffairs/pdf/Hearing_Information.pdf
You can sign up by calling 561-355-2406
**Eagle Training Center in Venus.. there was a victory for residents in Highlands County last week, but it’s not over yet. Our friends on the other side of the Lake are asking for our support again October 20.. for details: http://www.noeagletrainingcenter.com/
**Scripps is back on the agenda!
And it’s already hitting road blocks from the Regional Planning Council and DCA. Check out their schedule for upcoming approvals: http://www.tcrpc.org/Briger.html
Nov 12, 7pm, the Briger Tract will be on Palm Beach Gardens agenda. Contact PB Gardens for more info: www.pbgfl.com
**Turkey Point rally date pushed back
The proposed Nov 7th date has been changed. The rally will be reschuled for sometime in the next several months. Keep an ear out..
**Mike Roselle’s book “Tree Spiker”
There’s a proposal to invite his book tour down here.. Here’s a little more about the book:
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1929701,00.html
If you want to help us bring Mike down on his book tour, contact his book publicity manager, ask them to come to South Florida: rachel.ekstrom@stmartins.com
**We posted our endorsements of Lake Worth candidates on our website:
http://pbcec.blogspot.com/2009/10/lake-worth-candidates-environmental.html
**Several PBCEC folks attended the cancer cluster meeting with Erin Brokovich and gave a report back. Mixed reviews. Sources are still uncertain, but it seems very worth keeping up with this efforts and deciding how to support those who are coming forward in a sincere effort to stop the cancerous poisoning of our communities (and also be cautious of the County's efforts to force rural communities onto a central water system without finding the source of toxicity).
**A PBCEC participant suggested we invite Barry Sanders, retired professor and author of Green Zone, a book on military pollution
**other announcements
-PBC Beekeepers Association monthly meeting, 1st Friday every month, 7pm, at Mounts Botanical (for now)
-FrankenFoods Film Fest, Nov 5th, Delray Library
-co-chair Barry Silver is speaking on the radio 1230AM at noon-1pm
-There is a healthcare rally at Humana in WPB, Thursday (today!),
-And last, our friends in the Coaltiion of Immokalee Workers have called for protests at Publix against their refusal to negotiate better wages for farmworkers. Read more: http://www.ciw-online.org/
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