Tallahassee looking to create a constitutional right to fish – in dirty water
The Legislature is looking to restrict the rights of citizens from having any impact upon the quality of Florida waters ...
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To protect Florida’s waterways, reform the U.S. sugar program
By Blair Wickstrom There’s no place like Florida. From our coastal estuaries to the Everglades and crystal-clear springs, Florida’s natural ...
Florida beaches face one-two punch, counties get money for clean school buses
A roundup of news items related to climate change and other environmental issues in Florida: Florida beaches could be dealt ...
Florida’s Right to Clean Water: Sign this petition before it’s too late
Never should it come to this. The Florida Right to Clean Water is a petition movement sweeping its way across ...
Coastal Florida faces challenges, conference offers climate solutions
A roundup of news items related to climate change and other environmental issues in Florida: Can Florida survive climate change? ...
Faith communities have significant role in restoring Florida waters
By Joseph Bonasia, Florida Rights of Nature Network “Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God,” ...
Floridians want our Everglades, oceans and coasts to be protected from oil-exploration pollution
By Jon Paul “J.P.’’ Brooker, Florida Conservation Oil and water don’t mix. That adage applies to protecting Florida’s precious ecosystems ...
In St. Petersburg, climate change smells like rotting fish
Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board This is what climate change smells like. It’s the stench of tons of rotten fish ...
Piney Point is a symptom of a bigger issue in Florida: the lack of a statewide approach to cope with the climate crisis
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker, Director of Florida Conservation for Ocean Conservancy While the Piney Point disaster seems to no ...
Terry Gibson: The warming climate threatens Florida’s claim to the title of ‘the fishing capital of the world’
An interview with Terry Gibson, American Water Security Project As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which ...