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? ...
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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 ...
Florida students share their views about the climate issues their generation faces
The global youth climate movement has grown dramatically over the past year, much engagement stemming from the record-breaking climate strikes ...
How protecting our ocean can protect us from much of the damage caused by climate change
By Ryann Lynn, Environment Florida, and Francis Rooney, U.S. Congress It’s no secret that people come to Florida for the ...
Republicans must recognize that tackling the damage from the warming climate is smart politics and good economics
As the Republican National Committee convenes this week in Miami for its annual winter meeting, it should build on the ...