Jacquie Ayala's blog

I have a very distinct memory from high school the first time I ever thought about what it meant to be an environmentalist. I was staring at a photo of a polar bear in the section about global warming in my textbook, not paying attention to what my teacher was saying but instead focusing on this image in my head that I had seen of thousands of people marching in the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970.

Youth leaders with the FL YES Coalition took action across the state this week with an incredible round of actions to mark the second year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Young people from Florida International University held an “Oil Spill Black Out” action this Friday to mark the second anniversary of the tragic BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Young people and community members gathered to remember the victims of the oil spill by taking personal pledges to reduce their oil consumptionand to demand that we end our nation's addiction to oil.

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Written by Raechel Vecchio, University of West Florida

On Tuesday night, the North Miami City Council took an important step in standing up for citizen’s rights by passing a resolution against early cost recovery legislation, intended to incentivize nuclear power in the State by putting the burden on the ratepayers.

by Shaza Hussein, University of South Florida - Tampa

by Andrea Willingham, Eckerd College

What began with a guest lecture by environmental activist Bill McKibben a few weeks ago turned into one of the most monumental events for nearly 250 Eckerd College students on the weekend of Nov. 4^th-6^th.

by Jacquie Ayala, SEN Florida Organizer

We’ve made history. Yesterday, the Obama administration announced they would delay the decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until its environmental impacts have been re-reviewed.  This means a 12-18 month delay that most are projecting will effectively kill the project.

by Kelsey Crane, Florida Atlantic University

On October 22, FAU and FIU students of the FL YES Coalition, dozens of other environmental groups in Miami, and Occupy Miami all joined together to hold a Rally for the Environment at the Society of Environmental Journalist’s conference.  With over 700 journalists (who regularly write about environmental issues and activism) attending the conference, we decided to give them a story to write!!