A roundup of news items related to climate change and other environmental issues in Florida:
Brightline is ‘making tremendous strides’ toward an Orlando-to-Tampa route | News Service of Florida
Passenger rail service in Florida wasn’t included Friday as the White House announced awarding $8.2 billion for a series of major rail projects.
But Christine Kefauver, senior vice president of corporate development for the Brightline rail service, told a state House panel last week that the company is “making tremendous strides” toward an Orlando-to-Tampa route after completing a project connecting Miami and Orlando.
“It is complex to get to Tampa, but we’re up to the challenge,” Kefauver told members of the House Transportation and Modals Subcommittee.
Big Bend residents still recovering from damage from Hurricane Idalia three months later | WUFT
STEINHATCHEE, Fla. — Homeless, hopeless and helpless is how Lisa Bregenzer explains her last three months since Hurricane Idalia made landfall.
After living in Horseshoe Beach for seven years in a home that has been in her family for generations, she lost everything and is fighting to recover.
“I’ve always had a home, I’ve always had a roof over my head, always had security and for the first time, it’s been a nightmare,” she said.
To capture carbon, Florida researchers are studying what’s known as the ‘plant diamond’ | WUSF
An indestructible shell that surrounds pollen could be a solution to the warming climate. Florida scientists want to replicate its properties to store carbon.
The U.S. Department of Energy gave University of Florida researchers $1.7 million as part of its Earth Shots Initiative to advance clean energy technologies.
Matias Kirst is a professor of genetics and genomics at UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and he’s the project’s lead.
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