If facts don’t convince you to change your behavior, check your emotional response to climate and COVID-19 consequences
By Susan Nugent, Climate Reality Project How much must we suffer before we work together to address both COVID-19 and...
How will the pandemic affect hurricane preparations and relief?
By Sabrina Hu and Charlotte Stuart-Tilley, The CLEO Institute A global pandemic shutting down the world, protests erupting at every...
Republicans need to pay attention to voters’ growing concerns about climate change
By Carlos Curbelo and Alex Conant The coronavirus pandemic has caused a host of unpredicted side effects in addition to...
Cyanobacterial blooms from Lake Okeechobee waters coincided with red tides, placing Florida’s west coast in a toxic vice
By Brain Chemistry Labs In 2018, cyanobacteria from nutrient-rich waters in Lake Okeechobee were released down the Caloosahatchee River at...
Congress needs to enact a fee on companies that pollute and give the money to America’s taxpayers
By David S. Vogel and Thais Lopez Vogel, VoLo Foundation Carbon dioxide emissions account for a substantial amount of heat-trapping...
The tide is high, and getting higher, and higher, and higher
By Kimberly Miller, The Palm Beach Post A report calls last year’s high tide flooding “extraordinary.” The yearly rate of...
From the climate crisis to Covid-19: can journalism focus on the stories that matter?
By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope, Covering Climate Now To hear many journalists tell it, the spring of 2020 has...
Florida’s Clean Waterways Act undermines democracy and sensible environmental action
By Joseph Bonasia, Florida Rights of Nature Network Increasingly, environmental issues are democracy issues. This is true in Florida where...
The algae blooms are back. Where’s Florida’s ‘green’ governor?
By Jason Totoiu, the Center for Biological Diversity It’s an all too familiar scene. After weeks of heavy rainfall and...
It’s time to fully embrace renewable energy
By Carlos Cepeda-Diaz, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Turns out, those distant pictures of sad polar bears standing on melting ice are...
Will new Florida public building sea-level rise law point the way for private developers?
By Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting Passed on June 30 and effective on July 1, 2021, the Florida Legislature...
Ambitious plan envisions cleaner air and water, safer communities, and a healthier future
By Gina McCarthy, Natural Resources Defense Council Any good angler checks the tides before heading out on the water. But...
It’s Time to Stop Ignoring the Truth: Climate Change is Making Hurricanes Worse
By Jennifer Scherff, My Flood Risk June 1 marked the official start of hurricane season, yet we have already had...
Florida’s environment wins with signing of Clean Waterways Act and the state budget
The office of Florida Sen. Debbie Mayfield Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed The Clean Waterways Act into law. This...
Reagan recognized the threat to the ozone layer; conservatives today should respond the same way to climate change
By David Jenkins, Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship As folks across Florida don bikinis or swim trunks and head to the...
