Category: Public Service Commission
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Gov. Scott’s blind trust and a company with a massive pollution problem
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org When Gov. Rick Scott put $133 million of his assets into a blind trust two years ago, he included his shares of Mosaic, owner of the Central Florida fertilizer plant where 215 million gallons of contaminated wastewater recently drained into an aquifer that provides drinking water for millions of Floridians.
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Gov. Scott’s pipeline investment gets a boost from Florida environmental regulators
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org State regulators are quietly backing the award of a crucial environmental permit to a company that wants to build a controversial $3-billion natural gas pipeline in North Florida. The company’s investors include Gov. Rick Scott.
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Gov. Scott had stake in pipeline firm whose $3 billion venture he and his appointees backed
By Dan Christensen BrowardBulldog.org Shortly after Gov. Rick Scott was elected, a Florida Power & Light executive on his transition team pitched the idea of building a major new natural gas pipeline. Last year, Scott signed bills to speed up permitting for the project and the Public Service Commission approved its construction. Not known at…