Climate change is here, and local leaders in Florida are leading the fight
Climate change has been making news these days, and for good reason. The recently released Fourth National Climate Assessment from...
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Workshop Guides Florida Educators On Teaching Climate Change And Its Human Impacts
Florida teachers are eager to teach kids about sea-level rise, rising heat and other impacts of climate change, but many...
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Three Florida Congressmen Among Sponsors Of New Bill That Would Put A Fee On Carbon Emissions
A new bill to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions is being introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives,...
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What To Do With Those Political Yard Signs? This Artist Has An Idea, Linked To The Rising Sea
If you’re not sure what to do with your yard signs now that the midterm elections are over, a South...
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Average Cost of Flood Insurance
Many homeowners understand the importance of having homeowners insurance in place. This coverage protects against financial loss due to damage...
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Analyst: Midterm Elections Are An Opportunity For The Sunshine State To Up Its Renewable Energy Use
New leaders in Florida may mean new opportunities for the state’s energy policy, according to Hal Harvey, the head of...
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Another Point of View: Buying into sea-level rise threat means businesses must invest
At the recent 10th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit, I was, like many others in the audience, on the...
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Editorial: 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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Science shows Hurricane Irma affected 57,000 more homes due to sea-level rise
With each passing hurricane season, Florida’s coastal communities brace themselves for storms that seem to be getting worse. After the...
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The Sunshine Economy: King Tides And High Water
Water is what connects us in South Florida. No matter where we are from or how we got here, or...
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FIU geologist: Hurricanes remind us that sand is not a renewable resource
As beachside communities begin rebuilding in the wake of two recent catastrophic hurricanes, they should ask whether beach nourishment offers...
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Delray Beach urges business people to embrace the “Rising Seaconomy”
Earlier this month, Delray Beach city officials took residents and business people on the third annual environmental cruise along the...
Read moreBig Oil should pay fair share for climate damages
The Fort Lauderdale City Commission is considering whether to pursue litigation against oil and gas companies who knew their products...
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‘Climate Week’ In South Florida, With An Emphasis On Collaboration
Global warming can feel like an overwhelming problem -- it is, after all, GLOBAL -- but many of the solutions...
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Media Roundup: Rick Scott and rising water; the answers to your climate questions; venomous sea creatures
Climate Change Flooding In Rick Scott’s Florida Is Now Routine — Even As He Denies Its Cause S.V. Date Huffington...
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Southeast Florida Leads On Addressing Climate Risk, Says Florida’s Head Of Environmental Protection
A coalition of southeast Florida counties is leading the state in responding to vulnerabilities caused by climate change and sea-level...
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Hurricanes, Rising Seas May Someday Force Florida Communities To Move. Can We Learn From Louisiana?
Florida and Louisiana face a shared threat from sea-level rise -- a threat that's growing as higher seas increase flood...
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Some business leaders are beginning to recognize the threat from rising seas and vow to address the problem
At last year's annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit, we were encouraged when business leaders not only acknowledged the...
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Florida business leaders call for more clean and renewable energy options in the state
Business leaders in Florida are advocating support for more investment and use of clean and renewable energy across the state....
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South Florida climate summit will celebrate a decade of collaboration and progress in addressing the challenges of a changing climate and rising seas
There is no question that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. More frequent and extreme...
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Is government obliged to compensate property owners damaged by climate change and sea-level rise?
Hurricane Michael has given us another lesson in what life will be like in Florida as climate change and sea-level...
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A carbon tax to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases is gaining support among citizens, business leaders and policy makers
A carbon tax and emission restrictions could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. While the concept has struggled to...
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Media Roundup: Climate change and Hurricane Michael; sobering report about climate; will Miami become a ‘future Atlantis’?
Why Hurricane Michael’s Power Caught Forecasters Off Guard New York Times Hurricane Michael was a sly storm, one that seemed...
Read moreKing Tide Gives South Florida A Taste Of Life Underwater
Many parts of South Florida appear to have escaped the worst impacts of King Tide flooding this week — at...
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Miami wealth manager’s real estate forecast: Prices go down as sea-rise risks go up
Marc Singer, who runs a $1.5 billion wealth management company based in Coral Gables, has of late been giving his...
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Monday Was A Big Day In Climate And Economic News. Here’s What South Floridians Should Know
It's possible for the world to keep global warming from reaching a crisis point in the next 20 to 30...
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Don’t Confuse the Causes and Solutions of Climate Change with Sea Level Rise
With the growing awareness of the threat from rising seas, there is a fundamental point of confusion. It is widely...
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Florida’s coming King Tides may carry something different onshore — red tide
Red tide — a toxic algae that leads to human health problems and marine animal deaths — has arrived in...
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Pinecrest Is Getting An “Underwater Homeowners Association” To Help Respond To Sea-Level Rise
Miami artist Xavier Cortada acknowledges home ownership has its challenges. Neighbors with poor taste in exterior paint colors, for instance....
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Media roundup: 7-degree rise in global temps; Arctic lakes leaking methane; the stages of climate change acceptance
Trump administration sees a 7-degree rise in global temperatures by 2100 Washington Post Last month, deep in a 500-page environmental impact...
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