Extreme weather on the rise: Climate disasters bring financial and health burdens
Pollution from burning fossil fuels is warming the atmosphere at alarming rates and ratcheting up extreme weather.
Here’s why sea walls alone won’t save Florida from climate change
It is high time to set an upper limit on sea-level rise in order to protect the viability of Florida’s...
Florida’s coasts at risk on anniversary of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill
By Susan Glickman It’s been 12 years since an explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico...
Adapting to rising seas doesn’t solve the problem causing the damage from the warming climate
By Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy It’s important to acknowledge progress when it happens. And it did. In...
Orlando Utilities Commission plan cuts efficiency, clings to fossil fuels
By Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Why is the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) rushing a vote on its...
With hurricanes lurking, the last thing Florida needs is drilling rigs off our coasts
By Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy As Floridians watch Hurricane Isaias develop, we shake our heads about recent...
Florida should make the oil industry pay its fair share of climate mitigation projects
By Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Climate change is already costing Florida cities, large and small, a fortune....
COVID-19 and the climate crisis show us that ‘an ounce of prevention’ can save lives and money
By Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Drastic times call for drastic measures, and society is making unprecedented changes...