A Mother’s Day wish: Covid-19 is a dress rehearsal that will inspire us to solve the climate crisis
Thais Lopez Vogel, VoLo Foundation For many women Mother’s Day is a time for celebration and joy, but for others,...
Congress needs to halt the Trump administration’s assault on the Clean Water Act
By Jenna Stevens and Darren Soto From our wetlands to our springs to our incredible River of Grass, access to pristine...
Covid-19 highlights the need for power companies to help low-income customers make their homes more efficient
By Zelalem Adefris, Catalyst Miami There is nothing like being quarantined in your home for weeks on end to remind...
The water level in Lake Okeechobee is low because there’s been little rain and farmers continue to get a lot of water for irrigation
By Maggy Hurchalla, environmental activist The assertion that Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast has forced the U.S. Army Corps of...
Young Americans are determined to halt the damage caused by the warming climate
By Will Charouhis, Forces of Nature This month we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. But it didn’t feel...
Broward County adopts regulations that require property owners to fix seawalls and disclose whether property is in ‘tidal-flooding area’
Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting, and Jeff Marcus, Miller Legg, Inc. Broward County has passed an ordinance that sets...
Republicans can be on the front lines of finding free-market solutions to climate change
By Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, former member of U.S. House of Representatives Our climate is changing. This is no longer a debate...
A cleaner, healthier Florida will help our state recover and thrive after this Covid-19 crisis
By Dawn Shirreffs, Environmental Defense Fund Across America, families like mine are hunkered down, scared and in search of ways...
The Clean Waterways Act is not going to save Florida’s waterways; they need ‘Rights of Nature’ protection
By John Moran, water advocate It’s a fair question: Since the Florida Legislature passed the Clean Waterways Act of 2020,...
COVID-19 shows that we must trust in science to solve problems; science is telling us we need to address the climate crisis now
By Delaney Reynolds, The Sink or Swim Project Today, more than ever, science and scientists are the key to our...
Voters need to support political candidates who grasp the urgency of the climate crisis
By Louis Merlin and Susan Kaye of Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Mary Cassell of the Sierra Club Every election season, voters...
The coronavirus pandemic is frightening and damaging, but climate change is even worse
By Pamela McVety, biologist I have never given more than a few moments consideration to what my life would be...
The celebration of Earth Day 2020 may be subdued, but protecting the environment is more important than ever
By Beam Furr, Broward County Commissioner Every year on April 22, thousands of Americans take to the streets – marching,...
The pandemic has taught us that we can respond to harsh scientific facts; it’s time we do the same about the climate crisis
By Aria McKenna, The CLEO Institute As countries have responded to the pandemic by shuttering factories, reducing air travel and...
Florida drought highlights the need to complete the restoration of the Everglades
By Dr. Stephen Davis, Everglades Foundation South Florida experienced record dry conditions during March, with only a quarter of an...
