Big concessions to Big Sugar deserve a DeSantis veto
By the Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards What we called the worst environmental bill in state history is ...
Tag: Lake Okeechobee
Florida Senate births sneaky scheme to help Big Sugar
By Steve Bousquet TALLAHASSEE — Eric Eikenberg was at his kid’s soccer practice when his phone rang. “I got a ...
Ankush Bansal: The warming climate can make you sick and the healthcare industry needs to do a better job treating the threat
An interview with Ankush Bansal, Florida Clinicians for Climate Action As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Manatees are starving to death, but Florida doesn’t seem to love them enough to save them
Miami Herald Editorial Board We love manatees in Florida. We put them on license plates. We name our school mascots ...
Protecting our water supply also can help South Florida fight the damage from sea-level rise
By Ryan Rossi, the South Florida Water Coalition Though the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging as the new year begins, ...
Wanted: New conservative leadership to address the challenges of the climate crisis
By Dr. Nicole Kirchhoff, marine biologist As a businesswoman with fiscally conservative political leanings, I grow angrier by the day ...