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KevinSpear

  1. Energy Sec Chu announces nuke energy research money: $982,412 for UF and $47 million for 46 other schools nationwide: bit.ly/dfDdcR
  2. Poll says most aren't crying over spilled (the biggest US offshore blowout ever) Gulf oil: bit.ly/Inbfbz
  3. Pollution of Florida waterways goes on and on, yet game cops slap felony charges on a Brevard man for taking stone crabs out of a trap.
  4. central florida man arrested for keeping rattlesnake, faces six charges, each punishable by 60 days. flic.kr/s/aHsjz4Nyi1
  5. With a paycheck? Former Fl. Rep. state Sen. Lee Constantine is named President of the U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce's Southeast region.
  6. Florida Water Coalition's TV ad for the "summer slime” season. bit.ly/Jm2Ibu
  7. Feds estimate 10,000 migrating birds dead this year because of reduced water flow to refuge in Oregon and California. bit.ly/HZnqgl
  8. Miami blues live 9 days; feds (finall) hope the butterfly species lives longer. bit.ly/Hj3z8w
  9. FAU and UCF researchers in Florida win $410,000 NIH grant to test compounds of 1,000 marine microorganisms for possible malaria drug.
  10. National Geographic show, Wicked Tuna, focuses on fishermen, money and pursuit one of the most endangered creatures. bit.ly/HsoTvI
  11. Earthjustice hits Florida with sunshine suit, saying closed-door meetings led to blocking public to Fisheating Creek. bit.ly/wv3PW5
  12. College students protesting for ban on bottled water? Water book writer says that's silly, misses larger issue. bit.ly/AdcCgt
  13. About that NY Times toilet-to-tap story, Nat Geo blogger says "Even Your Evian Was Pee at Some Point." bit.ly/AfDiTD
  14. EPA confirms dry-cleaner chemical as “likely human carcinogen." But agency says it's ok to keep your shirt on.
  15. NYT looks at California's emerging toilet to tap: Florida's done that for decades. nyti.ms/xVP6Kk
  16. More than 6,300 applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 11 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever. Huh?