Congress needs to enact a fee on companies that pollute and give the money to America’s taxpayers
By David S. Vogel and Thais Lopez Vogel, VoLo Foundation Carbon dioxide emissions account for a substantial amount of heat-trapping ...
Month: July 2020
The tide is high, and getting higher, and higher, and higher
By Kimberly Miller, The Palm Beach Post A report calls last year’s high tide flooding “extraordinary.” The yearly rate of ...
From the climate crisis to Covid-19: can journalism focus on the stories that matter?
By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope, Covering Climate Now To hear many journalists tell it, the spring of 2020 has ...
Florida’s Clean Waterways Act undermines democracy and sensible environmental action
By Joseph Bonasia, Florida Rights of Nature Network Increasingly, environmental issues are democracy issues. This is true in Florida where ...
It’s time to fully embrace renewable energy
By Carlos Cepeda-Diaz, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Turns out, those distant pictures of sad polar bears standing on melting ice are ...
Will new Florida public building sea-level rise law point the way for private developers?
By Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting Passed on June 30 and effective on July 1, 2021, the Florida Legislature ...
Ambitious plan envisions cleaner air and water, safer communities, and a healthier future
By Gina McCarthy, Natural Resources Defense Council Any good angler checks the tides before heading out on the water. But ...
Florida’s environment wins with signing of Clean Waterways Act and the state budget
The office of Florida Sen. Debbie Mayfield Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed The Clean Waterways Act into law. This ...
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