The Florida Democratic Party needs to better understand how important climate issues are to blue voters
By John Capece, Campus Climate Corps We all know that when it comes to winning state and national elections, it’s...
Manatees don’t hire lobbyists, pollute Florida’s waters, drive boats recklessly or use septic tanks
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker November is Manatee Awareness Month, and while people from all over the world know a...
Miami high school student reports on the last-ditch effort to save the planet: Negotiators at COP27 failed to achieve any significant agreements
By Will Charouhis, Ransom Everglades student With the planet teetering on the brink of apocalypse, the United Nations World Climate...
USA makes strong showing at UN climate conference, but we won’t make much progress unless we resolve our political differences
By John Capece, the Kissimmee Waterkeeper Imagine convening an abstinence convention in Las Vegas and you begin to get an...
Florida has made progress battling greenhouse gas emissions, but much more needs to be done
By Rosemary O’Hara Among the many surprise findings from a benchmark study of Florida greenhouse gas emissions is that electric...
To ease the state’s insurance woes and improve access to beaches, Florida governments should buy damaged beachfront properties
By Robert F. Sanchez, Right to the Point On an island a few miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, you’ll...
There’s not been much progress at the COP27 Climate Conference, Floridians report
By KC Schulberg and John Capece, Waterkeepers Florida We have come to the end of week one at the COP27...
The warming climate is damaging the Florida that I enjoyed so much while growing up in the state
By Jeff Dorian, Citizens’ Climate Lobby My family moved to Miami from Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1962. We joined millions of...
Powering fridges with cars: Electric vehicle-to-grid can boost security during a crisis
By Mary Linn and Nicholas Durán As Floridians, we’re all familiar with losing power during a hurricane. Sadly, it’s something...
Hurricane Ian is another example of why leaders meeting in Egypt need to agree quickly on solutions to ease global warming
By Solemi Hernandez, Citizens’ Climate Lobby The Palm Lake mobile home park is a 15-minute drive from my Florida home...