Lawmakers investigating insurers fleeing risky areas; Miami-Dade art installations call attention to climate change
The Senate Budget Committee sent letters to 40 insurance companies, seeking documents on where they're dropping customers.
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Four Gulf of Mexico tracts designated for wind power development; Duke Energy plans to build green hydrogen system in Volusia County
The Biden administration's announcement follows the first Gulf sale of wind development leases earlier this year.
Florida passes on millions in federal funding for solar panels; insurance costs expected to keep rising
Florida was one of six states that didn’t apply for federal money to help low-income households install solar panels.
Addressing the climate crisis: How to save Florida from an insurance catastrophe
Florida’s insurance market has been dramatically destabilized as a result of climate change impacts that drive up insurance costs
Study shows hurricanes intensifying more rapidly due to climate change; Florida getting $106M to reduce home energy bills
New research by a Rowan University climate scientist shows a 50-year trend in hurricane escalation
Video: What is a storm surge?
This bite-sized video explains what causes a storm surge to happen and the destruction that can result.
FAU survey finds Floridians believe in climate change and want government action
The latest edition of the Florida Climate Resilience Survey found that 90% of respondents believe climate change is happening
Florida Climate Resilience Survey – September 2023
Floridians are more convinced that climate change is happening than Americans as a whole, according to a new FAU survey.
Gen Z activists fight sugarcane burning in South Florida; evidence lacking that lawsuits are causing state’s insurance woes
South Florida farmers set fire to more than 400,000 acres of sugarcane fields from October to March in preparation for ...
Miami-Dade installs air conditioning in public housing; Florida songbird among species declared extinct
Miami-Dade County recently spent $2.3 million to purchase and install 1,700 new wall-unit air conditioners in public housing.
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