Young Floridians say, ‘Look Up’ and embrace the power of the sun
By Cheryl Holder and Yoca Arditi-Rocha There’s a lot of attention these days to one of Netflix’s most watched films, Don’t ...
Month: January 2022
Sen. Marco Rubio’s “hotel towel” strategy for climate change
By Pam McVety Sen. Marco Rubio recently sent me a long letter about all that he is doing to address ...
Rooftop solar on Florida schools makes sense, but power companies want to pull the plug
By Michele Drucker Last April, Miami Dade County Public Schools adopted a resolution calling for the use of 100% clean ...
We’re defending a rare Florida wetland from oil drilling
By Julie Hauserman | January 10, 2022 North of Everglades National Park, under Florida’s high-dome sky, a watery wilderness dotted with tree ...
Free the Ocklawaha River
By Charlie Crist Florida’s great outdoors are unlike anything else in the world. From manatees, to spoonbills, to bald cypress ...
Finally, manatees eat offered lettuce to hold off starvation
By David Fleshler Manatees started eating lettuce being offered to them by wildlife officers this week, in the first success ...
Florida’s Red Tides are getting worse. So now what?
By Aman Azhar A task force appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to address the state’s algal bloom crisis concluded in ...
Fight to keep starving manatees alive
By The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board This week’s frigid snap had many Floridians worried about the fate of cold-stressed and starving ...
Here’s what the Legislature can do to change Florida’s worrisome climate future
By Dawn Shirreffs Florida lawmakers have three big opportunities to change the trajectory of Florida’s future and mitigate the impacts ...
Florida’s largest utilities win big if lawmakers gut the rooftop solar program
Florida’s lawmakers are considering a major change to the state’s rooftop solar program. A bill that has already passed its first ...
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