Will fighting climate change curtail freedom?
One obstacle to addressing climate change is that many of us worry about maintaining our high-energy lifestyles. Americans are known...
Congresswoman Castor urges DeSantis to make Florida a national leader in building a clean energy economy
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor -- recently selected to chair the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis -- knows full well...
Citizens’ Climate Lobby offers tool to endorse Carbon Dividend Act
Most of us want to do something about climate change, but we are overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem....
Sea-level rise is not a worry for just those who live on the waterfront
When the threats of sea-level rise are discussed, many assume that those at risk are South Floridians who live on...
Delray Beach Commission to discuss controversial plan to remove 100 trees to make way for bike path
The Delray Beach City Commission will discuss on Tuesday whether to accept a $2 million state grant to install a...
The new Congress should join South Miami in the fight to reduce the damage caused by our changing climate
I have spent my career as a scientist watching climate change play out as a train wreck in slow motion....
Encouraging news from Gov. DeSantis on clean water, the Everglades and sea-level rise
After eight years of Gov. Rick Scott degrading science and dismissing climate change, Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced he will...
Federal flood insurance is a mess and it’s going to be expensive to fix it
This year marks the 50thanniversary of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and this federally subsidized program has not aged...
Federal climate report should be a call to action for Florida to meet sea-level rise threat
The federal government’s devastating report on climate change holds three especially dramatic messages: Extremely hot weather is getting more common, and...
Southeast Florida compact a model for other regions
Ten years ago, officials in South Florida, lobbying for a federal climate bill in Washington, discovered they didn’t have enough...