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Businesses destroyed by Hurricane Michael in Panama City (iStock image)
Commentary

Why insurance companies are pulling out of California and Florida, and how to fix some of the underlying problems

by Melanie GallJune 10, 2023
An aerial view of a natural gas pipeline being constructed in West Virginia (iStock image)
Commentary

Can we really compromise on the environmental debt ceiling?

by John CapeceJune 9, 2023
Dry land (iStock image)
News

Climate change threatens public health: study reveals lack of modeling tools

by Lauren BarnettJune 9, 2023
Hurricane Ian flooding victims carrying their belongings in Orlando (iStock image)
News

Florida joins fight over flood insurance revamp; carbon set to be stored underground in state

by Nathan CrabbeJune 9, 2023
Downtown Miami and Brickell, taken from the Port of Miami. (iStock image)
News

Officially reported temperatures underestimate Miami’s heat burden, new study finds

by Annie ReisewitzJune 8, 2023
Pollution in the Bagmati River (Sabinanepal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

Drawing inspiration from Everglades restoration efforts for Nepal 

by Tek Narayan BhattaraiJune 8, 2023
People picking up trash on Fort Lauderdale Beach during the annual Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Cleanup. (iStock image)
Commentary

Why World Oceans Day matters to the City Beautiful

by Jon Paul BrookerJune 8, 2023
Hurricane Michael on Oct. 10, 2018. (NASA via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Florida’s home insurance rates rising nearly triple U.S. average; removing tires from ocean poses challenge

by Nathan CrabbeJune 8, 2023
A honeybee on an almond bush (Susan Nugent photo)
Commentary

Gardeners can become climate activists 

by Susan NugentJune 7, 2023
Sargassum builds up on a beach in Puerto Rico. (BrickLightning, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Sargassum belt has shrunk; Florida’s first ‘clean’ hydrogen plant being built

by Nathan CrabbeJune 7, 2023
Businesses destroyed by Hurricane Michael in Panama City (iStock image)
An aerial view of a natural gas pipeline being constructed in West Virginia (iStock image)
Dry land (iStock image)
Hurricane Ian flooding victims carrying their belongings in Orlando (iStock image)
Downtown Miami and Brickell, taken from the Port of Miami. (iStock image)
Pollution in the Bagmati River (Sabinanepal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
People picking up trash on Fort Lauderdale Beach during the annual Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Cleanup. (iStock image)
Hurricane Michael on Oct. 10, 2018. (NASA via Wikimedia Commons)
A honeybee on an almond bush (Susan Nugent photo)
Sargassum builds up on a beach in Puerto Rico. (BrickLightning, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
General Dynamics Land Systems' Advanced Ground Mobility Vehicle is hybrid-electric capable with in-hub electric drive. (Stephen Baack, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

Electric vehicles bolster national security, energy independence of US

June 7, 2023

EVs can reduce our exposure to energy supply shocks and limit the risk of supply disruptions for military operations.

Wetlands in Florida (David Adam Kess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

Mayday: Our water needs help 

June 7, 2023

The Right to Clean Water amendment would create a fundamental right to clean and healthy waters in Florida.

Plastic waste collected for recycling. (iStock image)
Commentary

Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond

June 6, 2023

Global recycling capacity simply cannot keep up with the taking, making and wasting of natural resources.

A prescribed burn at Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge (National Archives at College Park, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Prescribed fires can help keep carbon out of atmosphere; Floridians waiting for program to rebuild homes

June 6, 2023

The fire-inspired new growth and natural regeneration process balances out the amount of carbon released by the fire.

Wetlands like this one on Assateague Island off the coasts of Maryland and Virginia are excellent carbon sinks - but can emit methane. (Sara Cottle/Unsplash, CC BY)
News

From mangroves to fjords, coastal ecosystems can take up or emit greenhouse gases. But globally, they’re a vital sink

June 5, 2023

Coasts in Europe and Russia are net emitters, while coasts in Southeast Asia and North America have a large uptake...

Seedling replanting in the Lolo National Forest. (National Forest Foundation, Dave Gardner Creative, CC BY 2.0)
News

Why tree-planting schemes aren’t a silver bullet

June 5, 2023

Research suggests getting long-term benefits is harder than it looks, and some projects can do more harm than good.

A Florida panther (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Disease threatening Florida panther population; Florida intensifies oversight of insurers

June 5, 2023

Feline leukomyelopathy, or FLM, appears to be impacting panthers and bobcats throughout the state.

A gas pump (iStock image)
News

Gasoline use isn’t falling fast enough. Targeting ‘superusers’ could help.

June 4, 2023

America may have hit “peak gasoline,” but the fossil fuel’s decline is still too slow to meet climate goals.

A man sweats due to the heat and tries to cool off by a fan. (iStock image)
Commentary

Global warming to bring record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5 C limit

June 3, 2023

If humanity fails to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero, increasingly worse heat records will tumble beyond this decade.

Alan Robertson looks out over the dunes on Tybee Island, Georgia. He is a consultant who helped the city acquire grant money to repair the dunes. (Grist/Emily Jones)
News

There’s big climate money out there for small towns. But will they get it?

June 2, 2023

How advocates are helping understaffed communities field complicated federal grants.

A view of the Big Bend Power Plant from Apollo Beach. (Plkjr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

Taking the clean-energy debate to Capitol Hill 

June 2, 2023

Nearly 30 Citizens' Climate Lobby volunteers from 14 districts in Florida will join over 800 other volunteers to advocate for...

Workers walk past piles of debris in Fort Myers Beach, following the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. (iStockphoto image)
News

Survey finds 20% of Floridians unprepared for hurricane season; new water quality standards signed

June 2, 2023

The AAA survey also found that 24% of respondents ignore evacuation warnings.

A neighborhood in Orlando that flooded after Hurricane Ian in 2022. (iStockphoto image)
Commentary

For Floridians, storm-readiness must include new threats of flooding

June 1, 2023

As sea levels continue to rise and oceans grow warmer, big storms will dump increasingly heavy loads of water across...

Extreme Heat is one of the consequences of climate change. (iStock image)
Commentary

The consequences of climate change: more heat, more hurricane impacts

June 1, 2023

Greenhouse gas emissions have warmed the globe by about 1 degree F over the last 50 years.

Hurricane Dorian at peak intensity (NOAA, via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Climate change and El Niño impacting hurricane season; sargussum, plastic and deadly bacteria create ‘perfect storm’

June 1, 2023

El Niño dramatically dampens hurricane activity, but at the same time record ocean heat is bubbling up in the Atlantic.

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