Lessons for Florida: Tropical nations know the risks of mosquito-borne diseases and extreme heat
Early steps are being taken to address the health impacts of a warming planet, but more action is needed.
Conservative environmentalists wield influence on first GOP debate
A significant portion of the conservative base recognizes the urgency of environmental challenges and seeks meaningful action.
Veto of energy-efficiency funding falls squarely on the poor
Half of these dollars, $173 million, were to be used to provide rebates exclusively to households with low-to-moderate incomes.
Global shipping has a new climate strategy
The strategy is vague, obscure and almost noncommittal, but it may be pointing the industry in the right direction.
Young Floridian aims to save wetlands: Constitutional right to clean water is the way
A right to clean and healthy waters can protect Florida's wetlands when recently weakened federal protections can’t.
Is biochar the answer to reducing CO2 emissions in concrete?
When biochar is added to cement, it is able to suck up a percentage of its weight in carbon dioxide...
Montana kids win historic climate lawsuit – here’s why it could set a powerful precedent
The ruling in Held v. State of Montana sets a precedent for the role of “green amendments” in climate litigation.
Protecting Amazon forests protects Florida from climate change
The massive Amazon, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, is the most important carbon dioxide vacuum cleaner we’ve got on land.
Challenge Florida’s alarming embrace of climate denial propaganda in classrooms
The state recently approved the K-5 curriculum created by PragerU, a group known for misinformation and climate denialism.
A river will run through it unless Jacksonville fully adapts to sea-level rise
There is plenty that can be done to mitigate sea-level rise by considering reality-based changes to building and zoning codes.