FPL should help protect our health, not just its wealth
By Dr. Catherine Toms, Health Care Without Harm Each year, 1 in 5 premature deaths across the globe are the ...
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Florida needs to review environmental restrictions so that conservationists and developers can work together to save Biscayne Bay
By Pablo A. Hereter, University of Florida Law School Florida’s environmental laws are stuck in the 1970s with no flexibility ...
To avoid deaths from extreme heat, we need to quickly switch to clean power
David Hastings, climate scientist When I first moved to Florida from Seattle, I would escape to the cool Pacific Northwest ...
Eric Silagy: FPL is trying to meet the challenges of a changing climate and the needs of a growing population
An interview with Eric Silagy, Florida Power & Light Co. As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” ...
Protecting Miami from storm surge and sea-level rise is more than a question of walls and pumps
By John Burr, Resilient Jax You’ve probably heard about the plans to build a six-mile, $6 billion wall across Biscayne ...
Architects in Jacksonville are designing buildings to withstand far worse flooding from rising seas than government officials foresee
By John Burr, Resilient Jax Now it is set in concrete: Downtown Jacksonville faces a dire flooding threat from sea-level ...
Why can’t we call the growing threats from the warming climate ‘an emergency’?
By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope, Covering Climate Now TV newsman Bill Moyers tells the story of how Edward R. ...
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk: Architects are beginning to design buildings that can withstand higher water and stronger winds
An interview with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, University of Miami Distinguished Professor of Architecture As part of its series “The Business of ...
The courts must protect young people from the effects of the warming climate
By Bernard Perlmutter, Abigail Fleming and Kiyra Ellis, the University of Miami School of Law Raging seas, melting glaciers, smoldering ...
Greater Miami mayors applaud U.S. leadership on addressing the climate crisis
By Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, City of Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber, and City of Miami Mayor Francis ...
See what happens to your neighborhood as the sea level rises with this interactive map from Climate Central.