Florida faces stark choice: reap billions from clean energy or pay billions in climate impacts
Florida ranks second nationwide in potential benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean electricity and vehicle incentives.
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Florida lacks laws protecting outdoor workers from heat; pythons killing predators in Everglades
In Tallahassee, a small but bipartisan push to suggest that employers meet the lowest bar of heat safety standards has ...
Why insurance companies are pulling out of California and Florida, and how to fix some of the underlying problems
Insurers have been retreating from high-risk, high-loss markets for years after catastrophic events.
Florida’s home insurance rates rising nearly triple U.S. average; removing tires from ocean poses challenge
Home insurance costs in Florida are up about 57% since 2015, rising faster than in any other state.
Survey finds 20% of Floridians unprepared for hurricane season; new water quality standards signed
The AAA survey also found that 24% of respondents ignore evacuation warnings.
Federal agencies bringing climate data to insurance industry; Wakulla Springs at risk for gas contamination
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation creating research center to bring climate change data to insurance industry.
Bar lowered for heat warnings in Miami-Dade; Legislature passed several bills impacting water quality
The hope is that the new standards for extreme heat warnings and advisorieswill better protect residents from the rising risks ...
Climate policy can help Florida’s insurance policies
As Americans flock to the coasts, we concentrate insurance risk in areas vulnerable to sea-level rise, flooding and super storms.
Flood insurance costs soaring in Florida; study shows Cape Coral’s vulnerability to climate change
Flood insurance rates are doubling, even tripling for thousands of homeowners.
Bright lights, dark sand threaten Florida’s sea turtles; climate change driving rise in insurance premiums
New research is bolstering the case that the darker the sand used to renourish eroding beaches, the more female turtles ...
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