Florida’s largest utilities win big if lawmakers gut the rooftop solar program
Florida’s lawmakers are considering a major change to the state’s rooftop solar program. A bill that has already passed its first...
Florida’s leaders need to act quickly to save land that will connect the state’s existing preserves and protect our wildlife
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Across Florida, more than 10 million acres of land are being managed for conservation...
Florida’s manatees are starving and government officials need to act quickly to save them and the lagoon system that supports them
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board There’s no way to pretend Florida’s manatees aren’t endangered. They are. In every sense...
In St. Petersburg, climate change smells like rotting fish
Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board This is what climate change smells like. It’s the stench of tons of rotten fish...
Manatees are starving to death, but Florida doesn’t seem to love them enough to save them
Miami Herald Editorial Board We love manatees in Florida. We put them on license plates. We name our school mascots...
Miami-Dade County has its first ‘chief heat officer’; How cool is that?
The Miami Herald Editorial Board Miami-Dade County now has an official “chief heat officer.” That may sound like a gimmick — we...
Bills in both Congress and the Florida Legislature provide a rare opportunity for bipartisanship on sea-level rise
South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Board The seas are inexorably rising, and the Florida Legislature is tackling this by creating...
Water management boards have enough people now, just not the right ones
The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Just five months ago, some of Florida’s water management districts were barely hanging on, their...
The time to cool the climate is running short and Florida will be among the first to be hurt by the damaging heat
Palm Beach Post Editorial Board The Climate Clock, a project of artists, scientists and activists, is ticking down to six years — six years until,...
Gov. DeSantis’ welcome commitment to Lake Okeechobee reservoir and Everglades restoration
South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Board Twenty years after creation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, evidence is building that...