Will fighting climate change curtail freedom?
One obstacle to addressing climate change is that many of us worry about maintaining our high-energy lifestyles. Americans are known ...
Month: February 2019
Delray mayor says the city has the time and money to build sea walls to protect against flooding
A sea wall vulnerability study addressing flooding in Delray Beach's future is on Mayor Shelly Petrolia's agenda. Consultants estimate the city will have ...
Media roundup: Ban Ki-moon and Miami’s rising seas; threat to drinking water; the land is sinking; French clear homes from beach
Miami Battles Rising Seas By Ban Ki-moon and Francis Suarez New York Times Climate change is not a distant threat for Miami; it’s ...
Miami wants to make the case to the world that climate-proofing is worth the cost
A half-moon stretch of Brickell Bay Drive, home to six waterfront condominium buildings, is often cited as the weak point ...
Congresswoman Castor urges DeSantis to make Florida a national leader in building a clean energy economy
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor -- recently selected to chair the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis -- knows full well ...
Media Roundup: Your town in 2080; money talks on Jersey Shore; investment risks; Gov. DeSantis and the environment
Here's how global warming will change your town's weather by 2080 Popular Science If you hate the heat, you may have ...
Citizens’ Climate Lobby offers tool to endorse Carbon Dividend Act
Most of us want to do something about climate change, but we are overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem. ...
Southeast Florida governments to begin work on new sea-level rise projections
In 2010, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties created the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact. One of its ...
$378 million price tag to prevent flooding leaves Delray Beach reeling
Delray Beach will have to pay more than $378 million to save its neighborhoods from knee-deep floods, the City Commission ...
Media roundup: Americans are already living with climate change; corporate America believes there’s money to be made; Greenland at ‘tipping point’; businesses are worried
Gone in a Generation Washington Post Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives. The continental United States is 1.8 ...
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