Florida’s growth and development stymie attempts to restore polluted waters
By John Cassani, former Calusa Waterkeeper It is becoming obvious that Florida’s water restoration programs cannot keep pace with the ...
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The federal government should follow Florida’s lead and establish a national chief resilience officer
By Gary Williams, Florida Rural Water Association When it comes to weather-related and natural disasters in Florida, there are processes ...
Why is DEP still so inept four years after Gov. Ron DeSantis took office?
By Ed Killer Does clean water matter to you? Dead manatees. Poisonous toxic algae blooms. Canals sullied by foul runoff. Marshes ...
Florida’s environment took a beating in 2021. Could 2022 be even worse?
By Ed Killer, Treasure Coast Newspapers Outdoors Writer The list of environmental disasters that befell Florida's lands and waters in ...
Floridians want our Everglades, oceans and coasts to be protected from oil-exploration pollution
By Jon Paul “J.P.’’ Brooker, Florida Conservation Oil and water don’t mix. That adage applies to protecting Florida’s precious ecosystems ...
DeSantis should appoint a powerful statewide resilience officer who will tackle Florida’s growing climate challenges
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker, Florida Conservation for Ocean Conservancy As Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Secretary Noah Valenstein ...
Lawmakers approve legislation designed to address Florida’s growing threats from flooding and rising seas
By Terry Gibson, North Swell Media & Consulting In the final weeks of the 2021 legislative session, the Florida Legislature ...
Adapting to rising seas doesn’t solve the problem causing the damage from the warming climate
By Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy It’s important to acknowledge progress when it happens. And it did. In ...
Flooding bill is a big hit; Bravo TV star tweets that legislation is ‘SO COOL’
By Alec Bogdanoff, American Flood Coalition It isn’t often that legislation draws broad praise from Republicans, Democrats, environmentalists, local governments, ...
Mermaid Michi: Water districts are ‘failing miserably’ as Florida’s springs deteriorate
By Oscar Corral, producer of “The Fellowship of the Springs” Thomas Greenhalgh risked his job and career in 2019 when ...