Radioactive roads? Legislature considers flooding our streets with cancer-causing chemicals
Florida lawmakers are considering legislation that clears the way for the use of phosphogypsum in road construction.
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South Florida’s airports, seaports face climate risks; Biden administration announces $562M for climate resilience
Airlines, seaport managers and others have have already committed to spend millions of dollars to protect against storm surge, king ...
Feeding Florida in a changing climate
Farmers, food researchers are planning for more severe storms, higher temperatures.
Attorney General Moody defends the fossil-fuel industry, not Florida
Moody has collaborated with other Republican state attorneys general to block efforts to curb carbon pollution.
Climate change pushing mangroves north; bills to fully fund Florida Wildlife Corridor lagging
With the country experiencing fewer freeze events, mangroves that thrive in coastal wetlands are moving into salt marsh habitats at ...
Florida Wildlife Corridor expansion praised; storms cause $8 million in damage to Broward schools
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet approved over $46 million for the expansion of five different preserved areas.
Experts say development may have worsened Fort Lauderdale flooding; mangroves protect from rising seas
A bill in the Florida Senate would task the Florida Department of Environmental Protection with protecting mangroves.
Fort Lauderdale flooding shows how climate change has dramatically altered rainfall patterns
Extreme storms may become even more frequent as climate change accelerates.
Florida must plan for ‘new normal’ of challenges caused by climate change
Within two decades, Florida could gain almost 5 million residents and lose a million acres of land to sea-level rise.
Is Fort Lauderdale flooding a sign of things to come?
Preliminary observations of 25.91 inches falling in 24 hours at one Fort Lauderdale location would break the all-time Florida record.