Group has started petition drive to amend the Florida Constitution to guarantee a ‘Right to Clean and Healthy Waters’
By Cheryl Lasse, Right to Clean Water I’m a water person. I love wakeboarding, surfing, boating, paddling, diving and fishing....
The fight for lower-cost clean energy must go on as House Republicans dismantle the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
By Kathy Castor, U.S. Rep. Florida District 14 Clean energy is cheaper energy — and it’s fundamental to reducing costly...
Architecture student says builders need to change how they construct buildings as Florida faces growing threats from a warming climate
By Sophia Bachas-Daunert, Cornell University student After Hurricanes Ian and Nicole battered Florida this summer, it’s clear that buildings throughout...
The Southeast Florida Climate Chance Compact publishes latest iteration of regional climate change plan
By The Institute for Sustainable Communities The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact is pleased to announce the release of...
To keep Florida economically viable, the state’s leaders should establish an upper limit to sea-level rise
By Rafe Pomerance, ReThink Energy Florida Did you know that Florida has already experienced one foot of sea-level rise since...
Florida needs a standardized development code for areas threatened by storm surge
By John L. Renne, professor at Florida Atlantic University If history is a guide, Floridians will digest and respond to...
The Florida Democratic Party needs to better understand how important climate issues are to blue voters
By John Capece, Campus Climate Corps We all know that when it comes to winning state and national elections, it’s...
What is Florida’s plan for the next hurricane season?
By Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board Hurricane season officially ended Nov. 30. Thank goodness. Tampa Bay got lucky again —...
Manatees don’t hire lobbyists, pollute Florida’s waters, drive boats recklessly or use septic tanks
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker November is Manatee Awareness Month, and while people from all over the world know a...
Conservation Florida and Florida Department of Environmental Protection conserve 615-acre Crippen Ranch
By Conservation Florida Conservation Florida and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Division of State Lands have completed the conservation...
Miami high school student reports on the last-ditch effort to save the planet: Negotiators at COP27 failed to achieve any significant agreements
By Will Charouhis, Ransom Everglades student With the planet teetering on the brink of apocalypse, the United Nations World Climate...
Hurricanes Ian, Nicole are warning for Florida to take climate change impacts more seriously
The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board Fourteen days and counting — that's the time between now and the end of the...
USA makes strong showing at UN climate conference, but we won’t make much progress unless we resolve our political differences
By John Capece, the Kissimmee Waterkeeper Imagine convening an abstinence convention in Las Vegas and you begin to get an...
Florida has made progress battling greenhouse gas emissions, but much more needs to be done
By Rosemary O’Hara Among the many surprise findings from a benchmark study of Florida greenhouse gas emissions is that electric...
To ease the state’s insurance woes and improve access to beaches, Florida governments should buy damaged beachfront properties
By Robert F. Sanchez, Right to the Point On an island a few miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, you’ll...