Duke’s new solar farms in Florida echo what Duke was already doing three and a half years ago when an independent study concluded more solar power in North Carolina would save utility ratepayers tens of millions of dollars annually.
Duke solar power farm in Perry, Florida, courtesy Duke Energy
John Downey, Charlotte Business Journal, 23 October 2013, Study: Solar benefits outweigh costs in NC, Continue reading
How come Live Oak (pop. 6,974) in Suwannee County (43,734), Florida can do
what mighty Valdosta (56,481) in Lowndes County (112,916), Georgia can’t?
Amber Vann, Suwannee Democrat, 17 July 2015, Live Oak bus route starts Monday,
The Suwannee Valley Transit Authority’s Live Oak bus route will begin operating on Monday, July 20, running continuously from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. throughout every direction of the city, Monday through Friday. The route’s unofficial stops include apartment complexes and other residential neighborhoods, public schools, grocery stores, parks, government offices, nursing homes, the library and the hospital.
The route starts at the intersection of Walker Avenue and US 90 West Continue reading
The head of GA EPD went to Florida to explain Valdosta.
Pictured is
Judson Turner, Director, Georgia Environmental Protection Division
telling the
Suwannee River Water Management District
what Valdosta is doing to stop
sewage from flowing down the Suwannee River from
Valdosta’s Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Found
on OSFR. -jsq
PR by Abby Johnson, Office of Communications, Suwannee River Water Management District, RWMD gets Valdosta wastewater treatment plant update,
LIVE OAK, FL, August 13, 2014 — The Governing Board of the Suwannee River Water Management District (District) was given an overview and update at their August 12 meeting about the wastewater treatment plant in Valdosta, Ga., which affects the Withlacoochee and Suwannee rivers.
More than 90 area concerned residents and Continue reading