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› Carnival Cruise Line to celebrate 50 years of itself in new bar on Carnival Celebration
Carnival Cruise Line is looking pretty good for 50, so everybody is invited to toast the line on board new ship Carnival Celebration when it arrives to Miami this fall in a unique venue called the Golden Jubilee. The bar and lounge will be a centerpiece feature of a still secretive neighborhood, the details of which have not been announced.
› After weather clears, Fort Lauderdale Air Show thrills with aircraft from past and present
The skies over Fort Lauderdale beach began to rumble shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday. It wasn’t thunder. The stormy weather had fortuitously vacated the area about an hour or so earlier. This welcome rumbling was the reason thousands gathered on the sand, at businesses, and packed nearby roof tops, as the two-day 2022 Fort Lauderdale Air Show, which included 15 performers, was underway.
› FPL flexes its muscle in Florida Legislature, but DeSantis says no on net metering
Florida Power & Light did everything by the corporate book on how to influence a legislature. It salted the campaigns and political committees of Florida lawmakers and their parties with millions of dollars. It drafted priority legislation and handed it to lawmakers. And it sent an army of lobbyists to the Florida Capitol to push measures in its favor and squash bills that could hurt its bottom line. At first, it looked like it got everything it wanted from the Legislature.
› PortMiami, cruise lines pledge to expand technology to cut emissions from ships
Miami-Dade County is upping its commitment to shore power at PortMiami, a technological upgrade that allows ships to plug into the local grid at port instead of continuing to burn fuel — and spew water and air pollution — in downtown Miami. Last year, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava committed the county to build one shore power hookup at the Carnival terminal by fall 2023.
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