Florida Legislature can do even more to make Florida resilient to climate change and rising sea levels
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker, Ocean Conservancy As the Florida Legislature begins to reconvene in Tallahassee for its January session,...
Oscar Rodriguez: Charging your electric vehicle is going to get easier and faster as more powerful charging stations are installed
An interview with Oscar Rodriguez, CEO at NovaCHARGE As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which highlights...
Women are leaders in the effort to address the dangers posed by the warming climate
By Alissa Jean Schafer, Energy and Policy Institute More than 90 organizations nationwide, including Women’s March, will march in defense...
Reducing your personal carbon footprint isn’t going to solve the relentless warming of the planet
By Jeff Dorian, Citizens’ Climate Lobby It is a fallacy to say that a person’s reduction of their fossil-fuel consumption...
State Sen. Brodeur: Republicans lead legislative efforts to assure that the state addresses the threats from the warming climate
By State Sen. Jason Brodeur More so than perhaps any other state, Florida is vulnerable to the impacts of our...
FPL’s proposed rate increase is too big for the small businesses that power our economy
By Monique Selman, business owner Floridians are all too familiar with pricey utility bills – especially during these hot and...
Here are nine steps you, as a Florida resident, can do today to reduce the damage from climate change
By Kimberly Miller, Palm Beach Post The report by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in August...
Going solar would provide more reliable power and save lives in Puerto Rico
By Ruth Santiago, lawyer and environmental health advocate Hurricane season is well underway and people in Puerto Rico are very...
The best defense against hurricane damage is the coastal wetlands that nature has provided us
By Paul Sutton, University of Denver While climate change did not create damaging weather and wildfires, it has demonstrably made...
Elizabeth Fata Carpenter: Citizens are seeing the damage from the warming climate and want leaders to address the threats
An interview with Elizabeth Fata Carpenter, Everglades Law Center As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which...
This summer’s disasters are yet more evidence that time is running out for our leaders to address the warming climate
By Carlos Cepeda-Diaz, Citizens’ Climate Lobby You do not need to be heavily invested in headline news to know that...
Electric utilities should depend more on rooftop solar and less on solar farms
By Michael Cohen, Solar United Neighbors of Florida It is time for electric utilities to reinvent themselves with a new...
Safety concerns at Turkey Point are rising, along with the sea level
By Rachel Silverstein, Miami Waterkeeper The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently granted the world’s first 80-year operating license to Miami’s...
Florida’s manatees – and the state’s beleaguered environment – need help from governments at all levels
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker, Florida Conservation for Ocean Conservancy In its Aug. 15 editorial, the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board...
As the climate gets warmer, Floridians who work outside will have to cope with more and more days when it will be “too hot to work”
By Rachel Licker and Kristina Dahl, Union of Concerned Scientists In August 2018, a landscaper died tragically in Venice, Florida...
