Let’s commit to a plastic-free July
By Thais Lopez Vogel, VoLo Foundation July is the month devoted to reduce plastics, especially those we use only once. ...
Month: June 2022
With more climate-fueled storms, overturning Roe V. Wade puts more lives at risk
By Alissa Jean Schafer The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion came days into summer’s natural ...
Young Floridians are riding the wave of ocean restoration
By Daniela Fernandez, Sustainable Ocean Alliance Devastating headlines about the world’s climate crisis appear almost every day. Most recently, the UN ...
I’ve removed 10 tons of trash from Miami mangroves. You can help — without getting dirty
By Andrew Otazo Collecting trash for 13 hours on a mangrove island in Miami’s summer heat is an excellent way ...
Clean water is fundamental to America’s ‘scheme of ordered liberty’
By Joseph Bonasia, the Florida Rights of Nature Network The whole point of rights is that they are too important ...
Goodbye, carefree summers—hello, ‘Danger Season’
By Erika Spanger-Siegfried, Union of Concerned Scientists Even though summer doesn’t start until Tuesday, Florida has already seen major storm-driven ...
If we want to reduce heat-trapping gases, we need to distinguish between beneficial and harmful ‘renewable energy’
By William “Coty” Keller We are running out of time to act effectively on the climate crisis. Every minute, every ...
FPL’s blockbuster pivot from fossil fuels will protect the planet and grow business
By Rosemary O’Hara You’ve got to hand it to Florida Power & Light, the state’s most powerful company. It may ...
Upgrading our building standards for flooding from sea level rise will let us finance resilient construction with private sector green bonds
By a panel of six experts Persistent sea level rise presents protection risks to society with expected costs in the ...
Death of whale near Key West highlights the dangers posed by plastics pollution and lost fishing gear
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker, Ingrid Giskes and Nicholas Mallos, Ocean Conservancy In May, a 47-foot-long adult male sperm whale ...
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