To combat sea-level rise, Miami-Dade must become a leader in green technology
Like Noah preparing for the great flood, South Florida faces an existential choice. We can either boldly confront the challenge ...
Month: July 2019
As the planet gets hotter, South Floridians need to pay attention to Greenlandâs melting ice
If youâve ever flown between the United States and Europe, you may have noticed a giant white area showing up ...
The Florida PACE program could be a vital new source of money for people who want to make their properties more resilient to flooding
In an Invading Sea articlein June, I wrote that new building codes and large public infrastructure projects will not do ...
New Study Says Everglades Water Is Harming Keys Corals. Not Everyone Agrees
The Florida Everglades can be a contentious place. Politicians, conservationists and farmers never seem to agree on much. Debate among ...
Florida should prepare for months of 105 heat index temperatures
A pint-size heat wave last month smothered South Florida with temperatures that felt like 108 degrees, triggering rare heat advisories ...
Palm Beach County’s cities, towns taking the initiative on sea-level rise threat
Preparing our region for sea-level rise and other effects of climate change is so massive a task that it canât ...
The climate crisis harms our health as well as the environment and must be the primary focus of the 2020 presidential race
Florida faces a clear and present danger from the climate crisis. Unfortunately, despite widespread calls in Floridaâs media prior to ...
Local governments and private developers must work together to address the effects of climate change
Residents of Miami, where our law firm Bilzin Sumberg is based, need no reminder that South Florida is on the ...
Combatting Sea-Level Rise Requires âTop Downâ and âBottom Upâ Approaches
On July 1, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded $1.6 million to help Florida communities prepare for sea-level rise. ...
Climate change denial ends at agency that protects waters in South Florida
At the South Florida Water Management District, the theme song for this year might be âDing Dong The Witch Is ...
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