Florida Legislature can do even more to make Florida resilient to climate change and rising sea levels
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker, Ocean Conservancy As the Florida Legislature begins to reconvene in Tallahassee for its January session, ...
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State Sen. Brodeur: Republicans lead legislative efforts to assure that the state addresses the threats from the warming climate
By State Sen. Jason Brodeur More so than perhaps any other state, Florida is vulnerable to the impacts of our ...
Elizabeth Fata Carpenter: Citizens are seeing the damage from the warming climate and want leaders to address the threats
An interview with Elizabeth Fata Carpenter, Everglades Law Center As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which ...
Legislators aren’t doing enough to protect Florida from the damage caused by the warming climate
Christian Wagley, of Healthy Gulf If you had a leak in your roof that got larger and dumped gallons of ...
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 ...
Jason Bird: Florida has the technology, knowledge and skills to cope with the threats from the warming climate
An interview with Jason Bird, Florida Resilience Lead at Jacobs Engineering Group As part of its series “The Business of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Andrew Stevenson: Floridians will first begin to feel the effects of the warming climate in their property insurance bills
An interview with Andrew Stevenson, Voloridge Investments As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which highlights the ...
Local government control over pollution protects our health and our children’s future
By Dr. Shahnaz Fatteh, Asthma, Allergy Care Center of Florida There is legislation on a fast track in Tallahassee that ...
See what happens to your neighborhood as the sea level rises with this interactive map from Climate Central.