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Environmental groups Thursday urged the Florida Supreme Court to take up a long-running legal battle over state conservation funding.

Florida Power & Light asked the Florida Supreme Court to speed up consideration of a settlement that increased its base electric rates.

Pointing to a "strong interest in obtaining finality," Florida Power & Light on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to speed up consideration of a renewed fight about a 2021 settlement that increased the utility's base electric rates.

A battle about a 2021 settlement that increased base electric rates for Florida Power & Light has returned to the state Supreme Court.

A battle about a 2021 settlement that increased base electric rates for Florida Power & Light has gone back to the state Supreme Court.

An appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling that rejected a long-running legal battle over state conservation funding. Spokesmen for the Sierra Club and Florida Wildlife Federation criticized the ruling, saying the Court of Appeals disregarded the will of a majority of Florida voters again.“This is a disappointing result for the people of Florida, who clearly directed that their tax money go to preserving land for future generations,” said Earthjustice Attorney Alisa Coe.

Environmentalists, public health advocates and farmworker groups fought EPA approval of streptomycin on citrus crops.

EPA did not adequately analyze the impact of streptomycin on pollinators or endangered species, a federal appeals court concluded Wednesday, vacating the agency’s 2021 approval of the antibiotic for use on citrus.

When a parent tells a child, “Because I say so,” there’s no avenue of appeal. A state agency needs to provide a better explanation than that. “Because we say so” was essentially how the Public Service Commission justified its 2021 approval of a settlement resulting in $1.25 billion so far in electric rate increases for Florida Power & Light, the state’s largest utility. Not so fast, the ...

The Florida Supreme Court said state regulators did not justify increased base electric rates for Florida Power & Light.