The Ledger, every show
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks, across all 44 shows. Pick shows below, then mix any filter with any other.
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Governor Rick Scott abolished Florida's growth management agency
“Rick Scott, when he was governor, one of the first things he did was get rid of Florida's growth management agency, and since then, it's been all growth and no management.”
Florida will ask Washington to pay for disaster recovery, and likely succeed
“And now, of course, we see the consequences, and the consequences will be Florida's gonna put its hand out and ask Washington, D.C. To pay for all this, and probably they will.”
Grunwald: UC Davis trials showed seaweed additive cuts steer methane by 80%
“When I was out there, they were finding 80% less methane emissions from these particular steers that did have a little bit of seaweed in the diet.”
Grunwald: Ocean wild fish catches cannot expand beyond current levels
“There's no way we're gonna get more fish from the ocean than we're getting now. You know, at best, we can sustain it.”
Grunwald: No-till farming leads to increased weeds and smaller crop yields
“When you do things like, you know, not tilling the soil you're gonna have more weeds and smaller yields, and we are obsessed with yields because we need to grow more food on less land.”
Grunwald: Palm oil is the most efficient vegetable oil crop
“Palm oil, which everybody hates, is the most efficient vegetable oil.”
Cape Coral built 400 miles of drainage ditches, the most worldwide
“So these scammers came to Cape Coral, and they, you know, they found the swampland, and the only way they made it vaguely habitable was to build 400 miles of drainage ditches, the most of any city in the world.”
Florida's largest agricultural industry is growing sod and palm trees for lawns
“We have a lot of agriculture, too, but a little known fact is that our biggest agricultural industry is nurseries, which is essentially growing sod and palm trees for suburban lawns.”
Miami Beach stopped neighborhood flooding with $100 million in drainage pumps
“I always thought it was really kind of overhyped, but they invested a hundred million dollars in drainage pumps, and now that neighborhood doesn't flood.”
Grunwald: Global farmland equals the area of Asia plus the Americas
“Right now, it's like, you know, Asia plus the Americas is used for agriculture”
Grunwald: 40% of global grazing land was originally forest
“You know, 40% of grazing land on the planet was originally forest, and so there's clearly a major carbon opportunity cost”
Developer Sid Kitson gifted 90,000 acres to Florida in Babcock Ranch deal
“First of all, I mean, it surrounded Sid's original deal. I think he bought a 100,000 acres and gifted, like, 90,000 to the state.”
Grunwald: ADM is building the world's largest insect protein plant in Illinois
“In fact Archel Daniels Midland is right now, they're building the largest insect protein factory in the world in Decatur, Illinois, near its corn processing plant, and they're gonna feed the bugs, you know, essentially leftovers from the corn processing proces…”
Grunwald: 3-NOP feed additive is approved in some countries, cutting emissions 30%
“There's a chemical additive called Threenop that is now actually approved for use in some countries, and that one's looking pretty good. Only gets 30% less emissions.”