No OPEC+ oil shakeup as Russian price cap stirs uncertainty

The Saudi-led OPEC oil cartel and allied producers including Russia did not change their targets for shipping oil to the global economy amid uncertainty about the impact of new Western sanctions against Russia that could take significant amounts of oil off the market.

The decision at a meeting of oil ministers Sunday comes a day ahead of the planned start of two measures aimed at hitting Russia’s oil earnings in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Those are: a European Union boycott of most Russian oil and a price cap of $60 per barrel on Russian exports imposed by the EU and the Group of Seven democracies.

It is not yet clear how much Russian oil the two sanctions measures could take off the global market, which would tighten supply and drive up prices. The world’s No. 2 oil producer has been able to reroute much, but not all, of its former Europe shipments to customers in India, China and Turkey.

The impact of the price cap is also up in the air because Russia has said it could simply halt deliveries to countries that observe the limit. But analysts say the country would likely also find ways to evade the cap for some shipments.

On the other side, oil has been trading at lower prices on fears that coronavirus outbreaks and China’s strict zero-COVID restrictions would reduce demand for fuel in one of the world’s major economies. Concerns about recessions in the U.S. and Europe also raise the prospect of lower demand for gasoline and other fuel made from crude.

That uncertainty is the reason the OPEC+ alliance gave in October for a slashing production by 2 million barrels per day starting in November, a cut that remains in effect. Analysts say that took less than the full amount off the market because OPEC+ members already can’t meet their full production quotas.

An OPEC+ statement Sunday pushed back against criticism of that October decision in view of the recent weakness in oil prices, saying the cut had been “recognized in retrospect by the market participants to have been the necessary and the right course of action towards stabilizing global oil markets.”

The White House, which has pressed for more oil supply to keep gasoline costs down for U.S. drivers, at the time called the cut “shortsighted” and said the alliance was “aligning with Russia.”

With the global economy slowing, oil prices have been falling since summertime highs, with international benchmark Brent closing Friday at $85.42 per barrel, down from $98 a month ago. That has eased gasoline prices for drivers around the world.

Average gas prices have fallen for U.S. drivers in recent days to $3.41 per gallon, according to motoring club federation AAA.

While U.S., European and other allies seek to punish Russia for the war in Ukraine, they also want to prevent a sudden loss of Russian crude that could send oil and gasoline prices back up.

That is why the G-7 price cap allows shipping and insurance companies to transport Russian oil to non-Western nations at or below that threshold. Most of the globe’s tanker fleet is covered by insurers in the G-7 or EU.

Russia would likely try to evade the cap by organizing its own insurance and using the world’s shadowy fleet of off-the-books tankers, as Iran and Venezuela have done, but that would be costly and cumbersome, analysts say.

The cap of $60 a barrel is near the current price of Russian oil, meaning Moscow could continue to sell while rejecting the cap in principle. Oil use also declines in the winter, in part because fewer people are driving.

“If Russia ends up taking off more oil than about a million barrels per day, then the world becomes short on oil, and there would need to be an offset somewhere, whether that’s from OPEC or not,” said Jacques Rousseau, managing director at Clearview Energy Partners. “That’s going to be the key factor — is to figure out how much Russian oil is really leaving the market.”

The OPEC+ statement set its next meeting for June 4 but said the coalition could meet at any time to address market developments.

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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.

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Fourth lawsuit filed over Gov. DeSantis’ migrant-relocation program

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and several immigration rights nonprofits are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis and Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue over Florida’s relocation of migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard.

It’s the fourth lawsuit filed against DeSantis since the flights took place two and a half months ago.

On Thursday, the SPLC, Boston-based law firm Leontire & Associates and the Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida. Plaintiffs include the Apopka-based Hope Community Center and Miami-based Florida Immigrant Coalition and Americans for Immigrant Justice.

On Sept. 14, the lawsuit says, individuals acting at DeSantis and Perdue’s direction “sowed chaos and confusion” when, falsely promising aid, jobs, and more, they compelled roughly 50 Venezuelan and Peruvian migrants in Texas to board a plane for Massachusetts.

“There was no aid,” the lawsuit says. “Indeed, no one in Massachusetts knew they would be arriving. But the Governor of Florida did, and he took credit for the stunt the next day.”

The lawsuit contends DeSantis’ administration illegally usurped the federal government’s “sole role in regulating and enforcing immigration law as outlined in the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.”

The plaintiffs also assert Florida violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which provides no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” DeSantis did that, the lawsuit argues, “through its state-sponsored harassment of immigrants based on race, color, and national origin.”

In addition to seeking recompense for the cost of the lawsuit and “any other relief” the court deems “just and proper,” the lawsuit also requests that a federal judge assume jurisdiction over the matter, declare the program unconstitutional “in its entirety” and block it from continuing to operate.

“The Constitution is clear — the sole and exclusive power to regulate immigration policy is granted to the federal government, not the states,” Paul Chávez, senior supervising attorney for the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, said in a statement.

“The scheme by Gov. DeSantis and the State of Florida to use taxpayer funds for the ‘relocation’ of ‘unauthorized’ aliens is a blatant and unlawful attempt to harass immigrants at the state level.”

The Florida Legislature approved DeSantis’ migrant-relocation program in March through a $12 million set-aside in the 2022-23 state budget. Of note, the budget language specified the funds were to be used to transport undocumented migrants “from this state” — meaning Florida — in a manner “consistent with federal law.”

The migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard attracted stern condemnation from Democrats and some Republicans. Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist called the move “disgusting and vile,” while Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book decried it as a “fly-by-night partisan stunt” that used human beings as “political pawns.”

Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake of Arizona said she was “not a fan” of relocating migrants because it amounted to “moving them further inland,” but she admitted she got “a kick out of … watching these liberal Mayors just throw their hands up and say, ‘We can’t handle it.’”

Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia also objected to the program not on the basis of principle but of practice. Rather than fly migrants to Democratic-leaning states, she said, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and DeSantis should “declare this an invasion,” something Lake also suggested.

“We don’t need to be shipping illegals all over the country,” she said.

The program appears to be popular with some GOP voters. During a speech in Kansas days after news broke of the migrant flights, DeSantis received a standing ovation after remarking that the immigration issue is “now getting a little bit more attention” as a result.

He admitted in another speech shortly after that his administration paid to fly migrants out of Texas instead of Florida because he couldn’t find mass migration in his own state.

“We’re not seeing mass movements of them into Florida, so you end up with a car with maybe two (people),” he said Sept. 20.

DeSantis has since promised to spend the roughly $10.5 million remaining in the budget earmark to relocate more migrants.

Those aren’t the only funds being depleted, according to the lawsuit. It says the plaintiffs have incurred “direct injury” by having to divert resources from their “core mission” and “existing priorities” — including temporary protection status advocacy and assistance, naturalization clinics, education and aid for Dreamers, among other things — “to deal with the fallout” of the program.

“For political ambitions, (DeSantis) pulled a heinous stunt in order to posture himself as a right-wing strongman using human beings as pawns,” said Tessa Petit, co-executive director of Florida Immigrant Coalition. “FLIC has since been diligently informing, supporting and protecting our communities and will continue to work through the impacts of that horrible action.”

The lawsuit is the fourth to be filed against Florida in response to the migrant flights. Not long after formally asking U.S. Attorney Rachel Rollins and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to intervene on the matter, Boston-based Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a class-action lawsuit against DeSantis on behalf of the migrants.

The Florida Center for Government Accountability and Miami Democratic Sen. Jason Pizzo also sued, though a judge dismissed Pizzo’s complaint on technical grounds.

Leontire & Associates principal George Leontire expressed confidence the new lawsuit will succeed.

“Our complaint details that Gov. DeSantis’ scheme runs afoul of both the Supremacy Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and is, therefore, unconstitutional,” he said. “The Constitution protects immigrants from discrimination based on race and national origin and from arbitrary treatment by the government.”

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3M: 3M™ WorkTunes™ Connect Hearing Protector

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100-mile rule left intact in latest gopher tortoise regulation revisions

Changes are not coming presently as it pertains to the 100-mile relocation rule for gopher tortoises. The rule wasn’t addressed in revisions to the state’s ever-evolving gopher tortoise regulations because of a combination of conflicting opinions and lack of data.

“There are a number of reasons this 100-mile restriction, or 100-mile rule as you might hear it referred to, were put into the guidelines,” said Jennifer Goff, the Deputy Director for Habitat and Species Conservation at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

“Part of the purpose was to reduce the stress on tortoises when they’re being relocated. You can imagine, that’s a pretty stressful experience to go through for these animals. Also to reduce the impacts of climate variation, particularly from the southern part of the state to the northern part of the state, because it gets a lot colder in the Panhandle than it does in Miami. That can impact tortoises; it can impact their reproduction.”

FWC is working with a team from Virginia Tech and Eckerd College to look closer at gopher tortoise behavior, genetics, reproduction and successes when tortoises are relocated more than 100 miles away. The results from that study are expected by the end of 2023.

There is a waiver system in place presently that allows tortoise relocations outside of 100 miles if capacity is unavailable closer to the site, along with other specific reasons. The agency is aware of around 50 landowners in north Florida that have expressed interest in providing recipient sites.

“At this time, with the increase in interest in recipient sites, with the lack of data, really, on tortoise health and safety beyond 100 miles, and with our existing waiver process, we are not proposing any changes to the 100-mile rule at this time,” Goff said at FWC’s meetings this week in Panama City.

She said the agency is still examining the rule and having conversations about it, but staff doesn’t want to move on an idea until the completion of some ongoing studies.

Those landowners, meanwhile, would like to get involved in creating capacity for relocated South Florida gopher tortoises sooner than later.

“My company provides wildlife management services on over half a million acres in the state of Florida,” said Steve Shea of Shea Wildlife & Environmental Services.

“Many of my clients, who I’m here representing today, are North Florida property owners who requested I come talk about the 100-mile rule. They are willing to participate and ensure that their lands are made available for gopher tortoise conservation, but the 100-mile rule is a big inhibitor and disincentive for them to participate.”

Shea said he was on the FWC’s Gopher Tortoise Technical Assistance Group when the program began, and the 100-mile rule made more sense then, but with more information, demonstrated need and possible new North Florida capacity, the rule shouldn’t remain in effect.

“My property is only 25 miles from the Alabama state line. Therefore, my authorized service area is 40% smaller than recipient sites in other parts of the state,” said Will Lark, a Washington County property owner.

“Commissioners, many of you are business owners — would you enter into a business venture availed to you by a state permit system that handicaps you with a 40% smaller customer base than other permittees? No. It’s a financial deal breaker right from the start. This requirement is a huge disincentive for me and others who are considering making their land available for gopher tortoise conservation in North Florida.”

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Gunster expands into Naples, merges with Grant Fridkin Pearson law firm

Business law firm Gunster is completing a merger agreement with Naples-based law firm Grant Fridkin Pearson.

The merger is effective Jan. 1 and will see the 12 attorneys and 15-member professional staff of Grant Fridkin Pearson join Gunster, one of the state’s largest commercial law firms.

Naples is an expansion for Gunster, which will now have a foothold in every major market across Florida, and with this additional growth, expands the firm’s statewide footprint to 12 cities across Florida.

Grant Fridkin Pearson is a comprehensive law firm that represents a broad range of individuals, businesses, entrepreneurs and institutions across Florida. The firm’s attorneys focus within four main areas of practice: transactional real estate; business services; litigation and dispute resolution; and estate planning and trust and estate administration services.

The new expansion follows Gunster’s merger with the Barnett firm in October, solidifying it as one of the largest firms in the Tampa Bay region. Gunster is a 97-year-old Florida law firm currently with 12 offices across the state and nearly 250 attorneys and government affairs consultants.

“The attorneys of Grant Fridkin Pearson are the consummate professionals, many of them achieving some of the highest recognitions available in the legal industry. Additionally, they share a strong commitment to their community, which is a pillar of Gunster’s culture. These attorneys serve in leadership roles within our profession, in civic organizations and the broader Naples community,” said Bill Perry, managing shareholder of Gunster.

“As we continue to grow strategically, it’s important to align ourselves with attorneys who are committed to both to the legal profession and the local communities we serve. Both firms share a civic commitment to our state which ensures alignment not only from a client-service perspective, but from a cultural perspective, as well.”

Richard Grant, one of the founding members of Grant Fridkin Pearson, said Gunster “has a sound vision for embracing the future as Florida grows and the delivery of legal services evolves.”

“By merging with Gunster, Grant Fridkin Pearson will be afforded the opportunity to broaden its ability to well serve our clients, for our attorneys and professional staff to grow professionally, and to provide the best service possible. Gunster shares our values: exceptional client service; commitment to our profession; and devotion to our Naples community and the southwest Florida region as a whole. We look forward to joining our teams together to better serve all of our constituents and to grow stronger together,” he continued.

The Grant Fridkin Pearson attorneys joining Gunster include litigators Jeffrey Fridkin, Michael Traficante and Keith Wickenden; trust and estate attorneys William Pearson, Marcie Charles, Travis Hayes and Ryan Beadle; and transactional attorneys Richard Grant, Alexandra Gabel, Cheryl Hastings, Charles Whittington and Christina Woods.

Gunster has grown rapidly over the last two years. The firm brought on more than 40 new attorneys in 2021 and is on track to hire more than 40 again in 2022. The firm said Naples has long been an ideal market for an expansion and that finding the right firm was a strategic imperative.

“It’s important to have an alignment of people, culture and approach to client service when making these significant decisions,” Perry said.

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Happy holidays? Florida school district walks back decision to nix Hanukkah presentation

Pasco County Schools says it has reversed its decision to deny a mother’s request to give a Hanukkah presentation to her son’s fifth grade class after reporters contacted the district for an explanation.

A district spokesperson said the mother would have to first meet with school staff to set up guidelines, but that the presentation has been otherwise approved.

Rachel Long has visited each of her children’s classes yearly to explain Hanukkah — the Jewish “Festival of Lights” that takes place around the same time as Christmas and similarly involves gift giving — since her eldest son was in preschool. He’s now in 10th grade.

Her short presentation includes no mention of God or religion, Long said. Instead, it consists of her reading from a book explaining Hanukkah (also written as “Chanukah”), sharing traditional food, displaying a menorah, and giving toy tops (dreidels) to each child for an in-class game.

Not counting the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the schools Long’s children attended welcomed her into the classroom every year without issue. That was until last week when she reached out to her youngest child’s fifth-grade teacher at his elementary school in New Port Richey to ask when she could come in this year.

Initially, the teacher seemed open to the idea. She told Long she would confer with school higher-ups “to determine what day and time would be best.”

A few days later, however, the teacher said that after speaking with school staff and district administrators, they recommended she deny Long’s request, citing Florida’s relatively new Parents’ Bill of Rights.

“As per discussions with the team and Admin, the new Parent Bill of Rights (sic) obligates us to follow the 5th Grade Standards as written,” the teacher said by text. “At this time, a Chanukah presentation is not in our standards.”

Long asked: “Then, I assume, no Christmas activities will be done?”

The teacher did not immediately reply.

Screenshots of the text exchange between parent Rachel Long and her son’s fifth grade teacher. Image via Rachel Long.

The Parents’ Bill of Rights, which Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on June 30, 2021, provides that parents can object to — and opt their child out of — instructional materials based on their beliefs about morality, sex and religion.

The only mention of holidays and cultural traditions in the Pasco School curriculum guide for fifth grade says students will read stories from “different cultures” and encourages parents to discuss the meaning of various holidays with their children.

CPALMS, the Florida Department of Education’s official source for education standards, includes approved lessons on holidays in world language, history, and civics classes and hundreds of allowances for multicultural education.

Long contacted the school’s principal and got a similar answer. The principal, she said, claimed to have spoken with an Assistant Superintendent from the district. The Assistant Superintendent assigned to the school is Kimberly Poe, according to Pasco Schools Director of Employee Relations Kathy Scalise.

Long said the principal told her: “Due to the Parent Bill of Rights (sic), the school could not celebrate any holidays.”

Apparently, that doesn’t apply to Christmas, Long contended, noting Christmas-themed décor throughout a “holiday shop” in the school and a host of related activities.

“(The) kids are watching the musical, ‘Elf Jr.,’ during school, the school is completely decorated for Christmas, and there is a ‘Santa night’ planned,” Long told Florida Politics. “(The principal) explained these things by saying they are holiday-themed, not Christmas, and parents are able to opt their students out. Teachers are allowed to have Christmas trees in their rooms but are not allowed to do Elf on The Shelf.

“If students can participate in all these activities or be opted out, I suggested that students could be opted out of my Chanukah presentation.”

The elementary school’s “holiday shop” has no shortage of Christmas-themed decorations. Image via Rachel Long.

Long stressed that she isn’t trying to push her religion on anyone.

“I am just trying to expose my child’s classmates to different traditions,” she said. Long said the principal agreed to raise the issue again with Poe before rendering a final decision Thursday but suggested that if the school allowed a presentation on Hanukkah, “they would have to teach Kwanza and Diwali.”

“I think that would be awesome,” Long said. “I told her that if it is me coming in that is an issue; I would be happy to send the materials in for the teacher to use. I explained to her that if I am not able to do my presentation or that the teacher doesn’t do it, I will raise hell if I see one Christmas paper come home or I see one Christmas tree in the school.”

Florida Politics contacted principal Poe, Pasco Schools Superintendent Kurt Browning, and Deputy Superintendent Ray Gadd. None responded by press time.

But the issue appeared to have been resolved by Wednesday afternoon. Pasco Schools Public Information Officer Stephen Hegarty told Florida Politics that Long could indeed do her Hanukkah presentation once she meets with the teacher and other relevant faculty.

Hegarty confirmed a local TV reporter had also learned of the issue and was seeking answers. He said the district was being cautious when it expressed reticence at Long’s request.

“The Parents’ Bill of Rights is new, and even though it does not affect a lot of things, it affects some things, and everybody wants to make sure they’re doing the right thing,” he said. “They’re trying to be careful.”

He added, “My understanding is the teacher sought clarification from her principal, her principal sought clarification, and that’s where we are right now, which is that she’s going to work through it, make sure it’s all done appropriately, and I expect she’s going to go into the classroom and make a fine presentation. My understanding is she’s done a great job in the past.”

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Resiliency, EV evolution expected to be focus of Florida’s next gen transportation infrastructure

Florida is breaking records when it comes to transportation and infrastructure. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, missing bridges were reconstructed in days. After Hurricane Nicole, destroyed roads were rebuilt in just hours.

Across the Sunshine State, there are more than 123,000 miles of public roads. On average, more than 312 million miles are traveled across the state highway system every day. As Florida attracts more residents and visitors, these numbers continue to grow.

How can we manage the system and prepare for the future while continuing to respond to and recover from disasters in record time? Deloitte’s new report on trends in transportation offers some insight.

States have received an influx of investment in infrastructure from the federal level. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) “increase spending close to New Deal-era levels,” according to the report. “This generation-defining infusion of federal funding is intended to reverse decades of inadequate investment and to modernize major facets of the nation’s transportation system, ranging from funding and finance to energy sources and design specifications.”

Despite the infusion of cash, the nation’s transportation system faces significant challenges that must be addressed. It will require all stakeholders to work together to adjust to current realities while planning for the future.

According to Deloitte, there are five trends driving the conversation in transportation:

— Creating a sustainable funding mechanism for America’s transportation system

— EVs usher in a generational shift in mobility

— Modernizing America’s transportation system in an inclusive, equitable way

— Making America’s transportation network more resilient

— Turbocharging digital and technology innovation

Here in Florida, there’s a laser focus on resiliency.

While many states recognize that the evolving climate poses threats to transportation infrastructure, Florida feels it in a very real way. When sea levels rise, city roads in Coral Gables are underwater. With every hurricane that comes our way, islands are at risk of being cut off from the mainland.

According to Deloitte, “increasing the resiliency of the transportation system will require significant innovations in infrastructure design and maintenance, coupled with a more data-driven approach to prioritizing investment decisions.”

EVs are also a part of the conversation.

When it comes to electric vehicles, Florida has the second-largest share of electric vehicles in the nation. More than 58,000 EVs were registered in Florida in 2020, which was a 64% increase over the previous year. Former Sen. Jeff Brandes made it a priority to create an EV-friendly legal climate in Florida.

The expansion of EVs on the roads is a generational shift in transportation. But it also requires an extensive charging infrastructure.

“With the U.S. market on the cusp of an EV expansion, transportation leaders and ecosystem partners should focus on solving the EV charging infrastructure problem and addressing a potential talent crunch in the EV market,” states the Deloitte Insights report.

To dive into Deloitte’s insights on transportation trends, visit deloitte.com.

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