Why is the summer off to such an extreme start?
Blame climate change, El Niño and a dose of bad luck.
Tag: California
Why insurance companies are pulling out of California and Florida, and how to fix some of the underlying problems
Insurers have been retreating from high-risk, high-loss markets for years after catastrophic events.
As the climate gets warmer, Floridians who work outside will have to cope with more and more days when it will be “too hot to work”
By Rachel Licker and Kristina Dahl, Union of Concerned Scientists In August 2018, a landscaper died tragically in Venice, Florida ...
Dr. James Fenton: We need to stop burning things; it’s like burning money
An interview with Dr. James Fenton, Florida Solar Energy Center As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” ...
The climate crisis is a crime that should be prosecuted
By Mark Hertsgaard, Covering Climate Now This story is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of ...
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 ...
Florida can run on 100 percent clean, renewable energy, but political leaders must support that goal
By State Rep. Anna Vishkaee Eskamani We are at a tipping point when it comes to how we power our ...
Retreat from rising seas varies: California, Florida, and globally
By John Englander, Rising Seas Institute Retreating from the coastline as sea level rises is a sensitive topic. Homeowners, business ...
Trump’s drilling ban is nothing more than an election-year bait-and-switch
By Jose Javier Rodriguez, member of the Florida Senate For only the second time in history, scientists were recently tracking five ...
The pandemic has taught us that we can respond to harsh scientific facts; it’s time we do the same about the climate crisis
By Aria McKenna, The CLEO Institute As countries have responded to the pandemic by shuttering factories, reducing air travel and ...
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