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 ...
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Parents: Code Red, … and no, I’m not talking about COVID-19
By Natalia Ortiz, The CLEO Institute If you think COVID-19 is our biggest threat, think again. As a mom, it ...
Now is the time develop a Lake Okeechobee plan that will protect our environment, economy and health
By Eve Samples, Friends of the Everglades For too many decades, Florida’s water priorities have been misguided. We’ve kept Lake ...
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 ...
Everglades restoration enhances water quality and therefore benefits the state’s vital real estate industry
By Stephen Davis, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, The Everglades Foundation America’s Everglades provides the drinking water for nine million Floridians, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Florida’s lawmakers are beginning to recognize the threat the state faces from the warming climate
By Lauren Swan, AECOM Engineering As most of the nation emerges from a harsh winter, it is worth contemplating what ...
We’re fighting to protect our climate, and against the Florida Legislature’s efforts to limit our right to free speech
By Marquelle Ogletree and Nia Ogletree In the fall of 2019, millions of young people took to the streets in ...
Local elected officials in Florida don’t have the money or political support to combat the rising sea
By Jim Carroll, environmental activist With not much state or federal assistance available, Florida communities have been left to pay ...
See what happens to your neighborhood as the sea level rises with this interactive map from Climate Central.