We need to make older buildings more resilient and efficient so that communities can cope with the warming climate
By Deisy Verdinez, U.S. Green Building Council There’s a misconception of what green buildings look like. Yes, they can be ...
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Oscar Rodriguez: Charging your electric vehicle is going to get easier and faster as more powerful charging stations are installed
An interview with Oscar Rodriguez, CEO at NovaCHARGE As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which highlights ...
Single-use plastics are causing more and more damage and we can’t recycle our way out of the problem
By Linda Thompson Gonzalez If you think the plastic litter on our beaches is "only" killing marine life, think again. ...
We need to reduce the methane rising out of our Florida landfills
By Marcos Vilar, Alianza for Progress For most people, where garbage goes is an “out of sight, out of mind” issue. ...
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 ...
Bills in the Legislature would thwart cities’ efforts to address the threats from the warming climate
By Sean Sellers and Mark Paul Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee are advancing an alarming package of bills that will undermine ...
2020 showed Florida that sustainability and resilience are the only way forward
By Philip Stoddard, Florida International University This year made Floridians feel climate change in our daily lives as we slogged ...
On the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, America’s leaders need to embrace the accord’s goals
By Yoca Arditi-Rocha, Executive Director, The CLEO Institute December 12 marks the five-year anniversary of the world coming together to ...
Florida needs to hasten the transition to electric vehicles because they protect our environment, health and pocketbooks
By Stan Cross, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy The electrification of transportation is taking hold in the U.S. across all ...
Florida’s cities can’t fight climate change alone; they need help from federal and state leaders
By Mayors Franics Suarez, Buddy Dyer and Jane Castor Florida cities are taking the lead on reducing carbon emissions and ...
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