Jacksonville needs real solutions, not a pricey gas plant
JEA’s board approved plans for a plant with a $1.57 billion price tag, 139% higher than its original estimate.
Tag: air pollution
If the EPA walks away from science, Florida families pay the price
Weakening federal climate protections will leave families paying more for insurance, electricity and disaster recovery.
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise
Studies show that heat, air pollution, disease spread and food insecurity linked to climate change are worsening.
EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a license to ignore public health
Health benefits will no longer be quantified when assessing the monetary impact of new pollution regulations.
Waste prevention, reuse best tools to fight climate pollution
Jacksonville’s first climate action plan includes steps to develop or expand recycling and reuse options.
The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference
The Documerica project shows in clear photographic evidence how dirty the US used to be.
How clean is the air we breathe? FIU research finds airborne ‘forever chemicals’ in South Florida
While the levels detected are relatively small, researchers emphasize they’re far from harmless.
Miami-Dade’s composting breakthrough should be celebrated — will a $1.9B incinerator snuff it out?
Miami-Dade cannot celebrate composting while building infrastructure that requires us to stop composting.
When trade routes shift, so do clouds: FSU researchers uncover ripple effects of new global shipping regulations
Quantifying how clouds respond to changes in aerosols remains one of the biggest challenges in studying the climate.
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
There is growing evidence of the connections between climate change and harm to people’s health.