Florida’s land conservation strategy is being rewritten — and nature will pay the price
The Florida Legislature doesn't need to choose between protecting nature or agriculture in the budget.
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The emerging danger of post-hurricane heat waves
Power failures from hurricanes followed by heat waves are creating increasingly hazardous risks to health
Florida’s regulation of utilities is tilted toward shareholders, not ratepayers
Florida’s regulatory process makes outcomes like FPL's highest-in-the-nation profit margin almost inevitable.
President Trump should listen to Florida’s plans for AI
Florida lawmakers are taking action to prevent the costs of data centers from shifting to regular ratepayers.
With new law, Florida will use nature as a protection from sea-level rise
SB 302 establishes a clear, statewide permitting process for nature-based resilience projects.
Florida ‘Blue Ribbon’ projects bill died this session. Will it come back?
Supporters say it would add affordable housing, but critics said it would pave over rural parts of the state.
A season of public lands in the sun’s warm embrace
Over six months, I will be documenting my exploration of Florida's amazing public lands on social media.
Taking away the tools to build the Florida Wildlife Corridor
Proposed cuts and changes would weaken Florida Forever and limit the state’s ability to protect conservation lands.
With its new farm bill, Florida’s climate fight just hit a tractor-sized roadblock
The new law enshrines farmers' use of gas-powered equipment and weakens protections for conservation land.
Three major ways Florida’s new law will boost coastal resiliency
Making nature-based solutions easier to implement will make Florida communities safer.