Florida drought highlights the need to complete the restoration of the Everglades
By Dr. Stephen Davis, Everglades Foundation South Florida experienced record dry conditions during March, with only a quarter of an ...
Month: April 2020
Earth Day anniversary is a chance to celebrate 50 years of progress and recommit to the goal of saving our planet
By Katrina Erwin, The CLEO Institute The 50th anniversary of Earth Day is April 22 and we should look back ...
On Earth Day, we should commit to saving the worldâs oceans and forests
By Meg Lowman, Mission Green and Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue As people hunker down in their homes, with city centers ...
We should celebrate Earth Day by drafting a Lake Okeechobee plan that will protect the lake and the waterways that depend on it
By Eve Samples, Friends of the Everglades Two years ago, the St. Lucie River was a cesspool. Toxic blue-green algae ...
COVID-19 and the climate crisis show us that âan ounce of preventionâ can save lives and money
By Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Drastic times call for drastic measures, and society is making unprecedented changes ...
Wake Up, America! Learning from COVID-19 and facing the dangers of a warming world
By Joey Jung March 13 was not much different from March 12. In fact, it wasnât much different from March ...
South Florida Had Its Driest March On Record. Summer Could Be Trouble
By Jenny Staletovich, WLRN Media This story was updated to reflect water restrictions issued on April 10. As a drought ...
Florida governments should enact Rights of Nature laws that will protect the Earth and the people living on it
By Joseph Bonasia, Florida Rights of Nature Network After 50 Earth Days, it is evident that regulatory environmental law is ...
If we treasure the Everglades, we must protect its health the way we are protecting ourselves during the pandemic
By Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation Seven years ago on April 7, when Florida celebrated its first official Everglades Day, people ...
Governments should use some of the pandemic recovery money to combat climate crisis and create new jobs
By Stephanie Pearson, League of Women Voters Our Environment is Getting a Break During this pandemic, we are all absorbed ...
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