Florida and the rest of the world are getting hotter; ‘heat officers’ will help us cope
THE INVADING SEA NEWSLETTER, No. 9 September 2022 Florida and the rest of the world are getting hotter; ‘heat officers’ ...
Tag: Miami-Dade County
Reject questionable South Dade development, commissioners. Everglades must come first
By the Miami Herald Editorial Board It would be easy for Miami-Dade County commissioners to dismiss environmentalists who are fighting ...
Miami should consider requiring underground parking garages to serve as temporary reservoirs during flooding
By Morgan Dunn, Sustainability Professional, Arizona State University Miami-Dade County’s Summary of the Impacts of Sea Level Rise says that sea-level rise ...
Miami Beach and sea-level rise: Flawed infrastructure, environmental injustice, and new opportunities
By Diana Rodriguez, Arizona State University Known as “ground zero” for sea-level rise, Miami Beach will be one of the ...
Florida women learned sobering lessons at the climate conference in Glasgow
By John Burr, Resilience Jax We checked back with two Florida women who attended the recent United Nations’ COP26 conference ...
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 ...
Constitutional amendment is the best remedy to save Florida’s beleaguered waterways
By Richard Baker, Pelican Island Audubon Society “Every Floridian has a right to clean water.” These are the first words ...
Surfside building collapse is a shocking wake-up call for coastal condo homeowner associations
By Albert J. Slap, President, RiskFootprint™ In the middle of the night on June 24, a 40-year-old, 12-story condominium in ...
Unless Floridians address the warming climate, we risk more storm damage, higher insurance rates and lower property values
By U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez Homeowners are the ones who incurred the hefty costs when extreme weather strikes, especially those ...
Miami-Dade County has its first ‘chief heat officer’; How cool is that?
The Miami Herald Editorial Board Miami-Dade County now has an official “chief heat officer.” That may sound like a gimmick — we ...