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Grassroots Justice Group Challenges Trump Administration Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running

Advocacy groups said the order failed to establish an energy emergency. The Department of Energy partly attributed one to anticipated demand associated with data centers.

By Amy Green

 A view of the Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant in Orlando, Fla. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
A sloth named Chewie is one of the few survivors transferred from Sloth World. Credit: Central Florida Zoo

Florida Regulators Stood by as Dozens of Sloths Died, New Records Reveal

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price
A Freedom 250 banner celebrating America’s 250th birthday hangs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture building on June 2 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

As America Celebrates 250th, Murkiness Surrounds Trump-Backed Planning Fund

By Amy Green
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on June 25. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies

By Amy Green
A bus pulls out from the entrance of Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades on June 1. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Detainees Moved Out of Alligator Alcatraz, ICE Confirms

By Amy Green
A sloth is seen at the Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center in Alajuela, Costa Rica, on March 16. Credit: Ezequiel Becerra/AFP via Getty Images

A Sloth Exhibitor Shut Down by New York Wants a Florida Comeback—and Florida Licensed Him

By Katie Surma
The loggerhead sea turtle, Bowser, was brought to the Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park’s CARE Center for rehabilitation on June 7 after being hooked on a fishing line. Credit: Gulfarium CARE Center

A Massive Volunteer Network in Florida Works to Save Endangered Sea Turtles

By Dennis Pillion
An aerial view over Miami’s Biscayne Bay at sunset. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Biscayne Bay Is Slowly Becoming the Ocean

By Kate Waxman
The coal-fired Stanton Energy Center in Orlando, Fla. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Trump Administration Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running

By Amy Green

Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Are a Warning About Wildlife Trade and Pandemic Risk, Scientists Say

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price
An aerial view of Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Alon Skuy/Getty Images

Alligator Alcatraz Emissions Threaten Human Health, Violate Clean Air Act, Lawsuit Claims

By Amy Green
Carly Dennison (left) and Jordan Holder from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School prepare to outplant “Flonduran” and Florida elkhorn corals in the Dry Tortugas. Credit: Bailey Marquardt/Coral Reef Futures Lab

Scientists Outplant Experimental ‘Flonduran’ Corals in Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park

By Teresa Tomassoni
A woman clears debris near a damaged building on Oct. 29, 2025, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica. Credit: Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images

Forecasters Predict Below-Average Hurricane Season, Advise Against Complacency

By Amy Green
Many Indiantown residents opposed to data centers express frustration over what they describe as a lack of transparency regarding the proposals. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green
FEMA representatives take information from people displaced by Hurricane Ian at a shelter in Estero, Fla. Credit: Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post/Getty Images

Community Leaders in Florida Say Trump’s FEMA Pullback Leaves Them Struggling to Fill the Void

By Amy Green, Charles Paullin
The campus of NextEra’s headquarters is seen on Monday in Juno Beach, Fla. Credit: Marco Bello/Getty Images

A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers

By Dan Gearino, Amy Green, Charles Paullin
Beds are seen inside the Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center in Ochopee, Fla., on July 1, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Florida to Close Alligator Alcatraz, News Report Says

By Amy Green
The medical team at Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens treats a sloth received from Sloth World, where dozens of the animals died. Credit: Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Florida Temporarily Bans Sloth Imports After Dozens Die at Orlando Business

By Kiley Price, Katie Surma
The Central Florida Zoo announced on April 29 that Bandit, a sloth transferred from Sloth World, had died. Credit: Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Florida Opens Criminal Probe Into Sloth World After Dozens of Animal Deaths

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price

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