Florida lacks laws protecting outdoor workers from heat; pythons killing predators in Everglades
In Tallahassee, a small but bipartisan push to suggest that employers meet the lowest bar of heat safety standards has ...
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Mayday: Our water needs help
The Right to Clean Water amendment would create a fundamental right to clean and healthy waters in Florida.
Disease threatening Florida panther population; Florida intensifies oversight of insurers
Feline leukomyelopathy, or FLM, appears to be impacting panthers and bobcats throughout the state.
Survey finds 20% of Floridians unprepared for hurricane season; new water quality standards signed
The AAA survey also found that 24% of respondents ignore evacuation warnings.
For Floridians, storm-readiness must include new threats of flooding
As sea levels continue to rise and oceans grow warmer, big storms will dump increasingly heavy loads of water across ...
In Florida, seawalls are not the answer. Here’s why.
Seawalls have clear, well-documented negative impacts on beaches, dunes and neighboring property owners.
Florida Keys are ground zero for sea-level rise; NOAA predicts ‘near-normal’ hurricane season
The Florida Keys, rich with history and a destination for locals and tourists, are slowly disappearing.
Rising rainfall poses greatest threat from hurricanes; climate change disrupting saltwater fisheries
New numbers released this month found that 57% of deaths directly attributable to tropical cyclones from 2013 through 2022 were ...
Managed retreat considered as climate solution; cause sought for disease sickening Florida panthers
Managed retreat is a complicated and controversial climate change solution, but one that most climate scientists feel is inevitable.
Bar lowered for heat warnings in Miami-Dade; Legislature passed several bills impacting water quality
The hope is that the new standards for extreme heat warnings and advisorieswill better protect residents from the rising risks ...