$378 million price tag to prevent flooding leaves Delray Beach reeling
Delray Beach will have to pay more than $378 million to save its neighborhoods from knee-deep floods, the City Commission...
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Media roundup: Americans are already living with climate change; corporate America believes there’s money to be made; Greenland at ‘tipping point’; businesses are worried
Gone in a Generation Washington Post Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives. The continental United States is 1.8...
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Conference in Tampa will address sea-level rise, climate change, and citizen activism
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Florida will host a statewide Climate Action Conference on Saturday, Feb. 23 in Tampa at the Patel...
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DeSantis wants to lower Lake Okeechobee to deal with toxic algae. Is that a good thing?
Should Lake Okeechobee, a lake half the size of Rhode Island and usually at the center of South Florida’s water...
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Miami-Dade County is working with its partners to develop strategy to ease effects of changing climate
The Invading Sea asked the resilience officers from the region’s four counties about their goals and aspirations for 2019 and...
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Monroe County is working to raise 300 miles of roadways to cope with rising seas
The Invading Sea asked the resilience officers from the region’s four counties about their goals and aspirations for 2019 and...
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Palm Beach County gathering data to identify greenhouse gas emission targets
The Invading Sea asked the resilience officers from the region’s four counties about their goals and aspirations for 2019 and...
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Broward County is developing seawall regulations and clean transportation systems
The Invading Sea asked the resilience officers from the region’s four counties about their goals and aspirations for 2019 and...
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Temperatures In Florida Are Rising. For Vulnerable Patients, The Heat Can Be Life-Threatening
On a hot day in September, Charlene Jones celebrated her 61st birthday by herself. The former nursing-home cook made herself...
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Sea-level rise is not a worry for just those who live on the waterfront
When the threats of sea-level rise are discussed, many assume that those at risk are South Floridians who live on...
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Media Roundup: Prominent economists back carbon tax; lots of terrible news; lesson for GOP; Wynwood mural
From Greenspan to Yellen, Economic Brain Trust Backs Carbon Tax Bloomberg An all-star lineup of economists, from Alan Greenspan to...
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FPL plans to add 30 million solar panels in Florida by 2030
Florida Power & Light Co. announced a major solar plan Wednesday, vowing to install more than 30 million solar panels...
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Delray Beach Commission to discuss controversial plan to remove 100 trees to make way for bike path
The Delray Beach City Commission will discuss on Tuesday whether to accept a $2 million state grant to install a...
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The new Congress should join South Miami in the fight to reduce the damage caused by our changing climate
I have spent my career as a scientist watching climate change play out as a train wreck in slow motion....
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Liberals push for a Green New Deal as the way forward on climate change
WASHINGTON -- Liberals around the country are talking about the idea of a Green New Deal, a sweeping set of policy...
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Encouraging news from Gov. DeSantis on clean water, the Everglades and sea-level rise
After eight years of Gov. Rick Scott degrading science and dismissing climate change, Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced he will...
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DeSantis calls for South Florida water managers to resign and pulls Scott appointments
After a whirlwind day visiting both coasts to announce sweeping measures to address the state’s environmental woes, Florida’s new governor...
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Video: Southeast Florida Climate Compact
Rosemary O'Hara, editorial page editor for the Sun-Sentinel along with Tom O'Hara, editor of The Invading Sea discuss the threat...
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A $3 billion problem: Miami-Dade’s septic tanks are already failing due to sea rise
Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of septic tanks, and a new report reveals most are already malfunctioning — the smelly...
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Media Roundup: Bloomberg grant; beneath Antarctic ice; Miami zoning changes; coastal states not prepared
Michael Bloomberg announces $2.5 million award for St. Pete climate change efforts Tampa Bay Times Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former...
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Federal flood insurance is a mess and it’s going to be expensive to fix it
This year marks the 50thanniversary of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and this federally subsidized program has not aged...
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Federal climate report should be a call to action for Florida to meet sea-level rise threat
The federal government’s devastating report on climate change holds three especially dramatic messages: Extremely hot weather is getting more common, and...
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Media Roundup: Venice, South Carolina, Baltimore, Martin County
RISING SEA LEVELS ARE A THREAT TO WORLD HERITAGE SITES Pacific Standard New research finds that rising sea levels due...
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Southeast Florida compact a model for other regions
Ten years ago, officials in South Florida, lobbying for a federal climate bill in Washington, discovered they didn’t have enough...
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Jack Ryan can’t fix the climate for us; we need to do it ourselves
At the expense of dating myself, I confess that at one point I may have had secret crush on the...
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Tackling the threats to our environment can unite divided Americans
The Reunited States of America? It’s possible. In 1858 Abraham Lincoln said "a house divided against itself cannot stand." Lincoln believed America could not endure if it was...
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It’s time to adopt a Declaration of Fossil Fuel Independence
If religion claims to love a Creator, then it follows that all people who consider themselves religious should do all...
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State, federal leaders should follow the example of local governments that are addressing the threat of climate change
The Fourth National Climate Assessment that was issued this month highlights the urgent need for citizens, businesses and governments to...
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The Caribbean must awaken to sea-level rise dangers — South Florida can help
In South Florida, thanks to the foresight of local leaders, sea-level rise and climate change are being tackled...
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Amid dark news on climate change, Deutch bill offers spark of hope
After a year of rising floodwaters and record forest fires, it has been distressing to watch the United States attend...
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