It’s time to consider adding a ‘Category 6’ to the hurricane power scale
If you live in a hurricane-prone area, you probably know about the five-category Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It defines Atlantic...
Reducing the speed of ocean-going ships won’t cut emissions, reduce rising sea levels or curb collisions with whales
Occasionally a report appears which claims to be wisdom, but after careful analysis, offers solutions that don’t make much sense....
We’ll be measuring sea-level rise in feet, not inches
Take out a 30-year mortgage on a house in the Tampa Bay area, and by the time it is paid...
What Washington can learn about climate action from South Florida
When U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked me to lead the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis this year,...
Florida, when it comes to climate, we’re all in this together
Earth’s atmosphere pays no heed to state lines or national boundaries. Since weather systems and carbon pollution from cars and...
The Legislature and local governments need to fix Florida’s dilapidated wastewater treatment systems
The third largest coral reef on the planet, the Florida Reef Tract, spanning from the Dry Tortugas to Stuart, has...
Florida’s Legislature should require sellers to disclose a home’s flood history
Want to buy some Florida swampland? You could, without knowing it. And nobody has to tell you. Because...
A 45-year-old federal privacy law makes it difficult for homebuyers to get a property’s flooding history
The Privacy Act of 1974, while laudable in its aim to provide citizens with rights to control the federal government’s...
Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is the wrong decision; Floridians addressing the warming climate are making the right decision
In 2017, when President Trump announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, it was the...