Climate change and coral bleaching are happening right in Trump’s front yard
Florida's Coral Reef is one of the state’s most highly valued assets, providing benefits for tourism, fishing and flood protection.
Tag: federal funding
Trump moves to gut low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
The administration’s 2026 budget proposal zeros out funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Hurricane forecasts are more accurate than ever – NOAA funding cuts could change that, with a busy storm season coming
Cuts in staffing and threats to funding at NOAA are diminishing operations that forecasters rely on.
Florida may not be ready for an above-average hurricane season — here’s why
Cuts to agencies and resources that help mitigate climate change are short-sighted at best, catastrophic at worst.
Budget cuts make monitoring red tide in Florida much harder
Billions of dollars in proposed NOAA cuts would make it difficult to prevent and mitigate red tide impacts.
NOAA cuts put coastal communities at risk
I helped restore wetlands that protect the Gulf Coast while my colleagues tracked hurricanes, but now we’re out of work.
Even in red America, clean energy is booming. But now, huge renewable projects are dead
With political uncertainty under Trump, nearly $8 billion in clean energy projects have been scrapped or cut back this year.
FEMA funding important for expanding infrastructure needs
The need for water infrastructure and resilience projects will only increase alongside Florida's rapid growth.
Electric school buses protect Florida’s children and improve public health
Transitioning to electric vehicles by 2035 could save Florida $69.9 billion in public health benefits by 2050.
A deadly mosquito-borne illness rises as the US cuts all climate-health funding
As climate change drives an explosion in dengue cases, studying that connection is about to get much harder.