Floridians should be celebrating bipartisan leadership on resiliency and water infrastructure
By Kirk Mantay, Chair of the American Water Security Project Despite what you may heard about the 2020 Florida legislative...
We are trying to flatten the coronavirus curve, but we also need to flatten the relentlessly rising curve of sea-level rise
My daughter is now 29. Seventeen years ago we snorkeled the Florida Keys’ spectacular fish-filled reefs. Her prudent fearlessness, even...
Florida Cabinet should reject a proposed $1 billion Miami-Dade highway that threatens the Everglades and the water supply
By Rock Salt and Paola Ferreira, Tropical Audubon Society This fall, Florida’s Governor and the Cabinet will review a judge’s...
Our elected officials are bungling the response to Florida’s rising seas
By Tania Galloni, Earthjustice It’s about time: the head of America’s disaster response department, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is...
The best way to boost our economy after the pandemic is to invest in renewable energy programs
By Florida Rep. Anna V. Eskamani Our country and state are at a turning point. Citizens are demonstrating for Black...
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...
Eliminating Miami’s Office of Resilience and Sustainability is no way to fight climate change
By Ryan Sears Miami Mayor Francis Suarez recently joined a “Climate Mayors” webinar and touted the city of Miami as a global...
The confluence of red tide and blue-green algae is a dire warning that someone needs to better manage Lake Okeechobee
By Eve Samples and Howard Simon The scientists at Brain Chemistry Labs have sent the people of Florida another warning...
Churches are vital in our response to COVID-19, hurricanes and climate threats
By Yohann Kurzweil, Faithful Climate Action Fellowship Natural catastrophes are not out of the norm for South Florida. As a...
Climate change didn’t cause COVID-19, but it’s contributing to its spread and severity
By David Jenkins, Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship I am always a bit skeptical when advocacy groups tie a seemingly unrelated...