Local government control over pollution protects our health and our children’s future
By Dr. Shahnaz Fatteh, Asthma, Allergy Care Center of Florida There is legislation on a fast track in Tallahassee that...
Florida’s lawmakers are beginning to recognize the threat the state faces from the warming climate
By Lauren Swan, AECOM Engineering As most of the nation emerges from a harsh winter, it is worth contemplating what...
Florida lawmakers are planning to divert millions of dollars from affordable housing to tackle the climate crisis
By Zelalem Adefris, David Peery and Jeanette Ruiz When thousands of Floridians are facing foreclosure or eviction because of COVID-19,...
Florida’s leaders need to halt the warming of the atmosphere, not just adapt to it
By William “Coty” Keller, ecologist It’s all adaptation, and that must change The governor and Legislature are making noise about...
To survive, our clever but uncooperative species must both cut and capture carbon emissions
By Todd L. Pittinsky, Stony Brook University After rising steadily for decades, as the COVID-19 pandemic squashed economic activity, global...
Jacqueline Gonzalez Touzet: Architects and developers need to design buildings that can withstand a harsher climate
An interview with Jacqueline Gonzalez Touzet, partner with the Miami-based architectural firm Touzet Studio As part of its series “The...
We’re fighting to protect our climate, and against the Florida Legislature’s efforts to limit our right to free speech
By Marquelle Ogletree and Nia Ogletree In the fall of 2019, millions of young people took to the streets in...
Senate bill would undermine a community’s ability to protect its citizens from potentially dangerous industrial activities
By Joseph Bonasia, Florida Rights of Nature Network What if your town were told by an energy company that it...
Jared Meyers: The travel industry needs to have a healthy relationship with the environment
An interview with Jared Meyers, Legacy Vacation Resorts As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which highlights...
We all need to take action to save Florida’s freshwater supplies
By Thais Lopez Vogel, VoLo Foundation Any visitor to Florida learns that the state is blessed with abundant rivers, lakes, springs, wetlands,...
Irela Bagué: There are creative solutions to coping with the climate crisis, but they cost a lot of money
An interview with Irela Bagué, Miami-Dade County’s chief bay officer. As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,”...
Here’s why FPL, Duke and TECO want the Public Service Commission to raise your power bills
By David Jenkins, Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship While many folks are still reeling financially from the pandemic, Florida’s biggest utilities,...
Owners can determine their property’s risk of flooding by using this free online tool
By John Englander, oceanographer and author Flood Factor® is a recently upgraded tool that will calculate a simple flood risk...
Bills in the Legislature would thwart cities’ efforts to address the threats from the warming climate
By Sean Sellers and Mark Paul Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee are advancing an alarming package of bills that will undermine...
We need to act quickly and on a large scale if we want to protect the planet and our way of life
By John Ward, Gainesville Sun Guest Columnist Americans have perhaps never faced as many serious threats as confront us now,...
