Florida needs long-term leadership to tackle chronic flooding
By Daniel A. Perez, Florida House member When our community faces a challenge, we must understand it and face it ...
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Our time Is up: We must vote for leaders who intend to address the climate crisis
By Jose Javier Rodriguez, Democratic State Senator These days it can feel like there is a lot more that divides ...
Voters deserve to know how the presidential candidates plan to address the threats caused by the warming planet
By Congresswoman Donna E. Shalala Setting aside politics, the cancellation of a presidential debate that was to take place in ...
Republican leaders say Florida must prepare for sea-level rise
By Chris Sprowls and Wilton Simpson Throughout our history, Floridians have reveled in our state’s natural resources. With our miles ...
Turkey Point Is About To Get A New Pollution Permit. Critics Say Not So Fast
By Jenny Staletovich, WLRN Media Opposition is mounting to a proposed pollution permit that would, for the first time, allow ...
The water level in Lake Okeechobee is low because there’s been little rain and farmers continue to get a lot of water for irrigation
By Maggy Hurchalla, environmental activist The assertion that Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast has forced the U.S. Army Corps of ...
Republicans can be on the front lines of finding free-market solutions to climate change
By Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, former member of U.S. House of Representatives Our climate is changing. This is no longer a debate ...
The Legislature and local governments need to fix Florida’s dilapidated wastewater treatment systems
The third largest coral reef on the planet, the Florida Reef Tract, spanning from the Dry Tortugas to Stuart, has ...
Taxpayers are paying the rising cost of addressing the climate crisis; corporations should be made to pay for the damage they’ve caused
As founding members of the Miami Climate Alliance (MCA), we want transparency, accountability and follow-through from our elected officials when ...
Miami-Dade leaders develop strategy to help the county address the challenges posed by the warming climate
In May, Miami-Dade County, Miami and Miami Beach collectively released Resilient305, a partnership among government, non-governmental, businesses and academic organizations designed ...
See what happens to your neighborhood as the sea level rises with this interactive map from Climate Central.