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News Service of Florida: Five Questions for Ed Moore
Ed Moore, longtime president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, represents 31 private, not-for-profit institutions. They award about one-quarter of Floridas bachelor degrees and include institutions such as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Nova Southeastern University, Stetson University, the University of Miami and Bethune-Cookman University. Their combined budgets total more than $5 billion, and they […]
Tallahassee Democrat: Higher ed offers plenty to economic development
By Dr. Ed Moore Re: “Higher ed gives us an edge in luring businesses” (Byron Dobson, May 5). I enjoyed reading Byron Dobson’s column about higher education, and I appreciate his focus on our growing economy. Our state’s higher education system plays a significant role in advancing our state’s economy and future workforce, but we […]
Jacksonville Business Journal: CSX Employee Named Top Environmentalist by Association of American Railroads
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) last night named CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) employee Rick McNey the winner of its annual John H. Chafee Environmental Excellence Award for outstanding environmental awareness and responsibility. “Rick and his team have demonstrated a steadfast commitment to environmental awareness, protection and conservation – setting an example for CSX and […]
Jacksonville Business Journal: Scotts Miracle Gro Meets Commitment on Phosphorus-Free Lawn Fertilizers
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) today announced it has achieved its goal of removing phosphorus from its category-leading Turf Builder® brand lawn food maintenance products. The commitment was first announced on World Water Day in 2011 as a partial solution to nutrient runoff that can lead to excessive algae growth in waterways, and it marked […]
Bradenton Herald: Letter: Misinformation about forests hurts environment, consumers and economy
Bradenton Herald readers received misleading information from McClatchy’s Kevin Hall in his April 16 online article, “Environmentalists want feds to halt imports of Russian timber that endanger rare tigers.” The article quoted the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) claiming that the best way to ensure the wildlife habitat of the Amur tiger is to buy wood […]
Tallahassee Democrat: David Mica: Mandates will distort our energy markets
By David Mica Re: “Don’t let Big Oil keep us from renewable energy” (My View, May 3). I am compelled to point out fallacious statements presented by Bradley Krohn in his renewable energy My View. First, the oil and natural gas industry did not approach either of the sponsors about HB 4001/SB 320, repeal of […]
Bay County Press: Letter to the Editor Ref- Rep. Jimmy Patronis
By Brewster Bevis For many Florida businesses – especially small businesses – navigating the web of local and state regulations that govern their operations can be more than a bureaucratic headache. It can literally grind business to a halt. Over the past three years, Rep. Jimmy Patronis has fought to streamline the layers of regulations […]
Forbes: Creating Better Forestry Certification Programs through Competition
By Wayne Winegarden It is basic Economics 101. Competitive markets create better outcomes than monopolists. Monopolists restrict supply and charge higher prices. Dynamically, monopolists face fewer incentives to create new products or improve how their products are made. In fact, creating new technologies or processes could undermine a monopolist’s current market dominance. What is true for the […]