FPL’s proposed rate increase is too big for the small businesses that power our economy
By Monique Selman, business owner Floridians are all too familiar with pricey utility bills – especially during these hot and ...
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Parents: Code Red, … and no, I’m not talking about COVID-19
By Natalia Ortiz, The CLEO Institute If you think COVID-19 is our biggest threat, think again. As a mom, it ...
Doug Coward: Florida’s affordable housing homeowners need access to loans so they can better cope with the changing climate
An interview with Doug Coward, Solar and Energy Loan Fund As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” ...
Our leaders and institutions responded well to the COVID threat; they now need to address the warming climate the same way
By Mary Anna Mancuso, RepublicEn.org For the past year, many Americans came together to lockdown in order to flatten the ...
As the planet warms, the Florida Legislature might chill local progress on clean energy
By Jonathan Scott Webber, Florida Conservation Voters Florida isn’t just witnessing the greatest public-health disaster in our history. We’re also ...
Lawmakers should pass legislation that would help Floridians keep the lights on during COVID
By Bryan Hernandez More than 42,000 Florida households likely have no electricity right now. Can you imagine living in the ...
Florida lawmakers are planning to divert millions of dollars from affordable housing to tackle the climate crisis
By Zelalem Adefris, David Peery and Jeanette Ruiz When thousands of Floridians are facing foreclosure or eviction because of COVID-19, ...
Protecting our water supply also can help South Florida fight the damage from sea-level rise
By Ryan Rossi, the South Florida Water Coalition Though the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging as the new year begins, ...
‘Resilient technology’ can help owners of commercial real estate quickly identify risks and develop ways to address them
By Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting Perhaps you’ve heard of PropTech, CRETech, InsurTech, and FinTech. These “techs” perform valuable ...
There’s no reason to be optimistic that humans are close to solving the warming of the planet
By John Englander, Rising Seas Institute A Jan. 3 article in “Inside Climate News” has stirred up a lot of ...
See what happens to your neighborhood as the sea level rises with this interactive map from Climate Central.