Excessive heat occurring more often, poses existential threat to all living beings
By Thais Lopez-Vogel and Susan Cardenas This National Heat Awareness Day — May 27 — how well are we prepared ...
Month: May 2022
Climate crisis: doing too little and hoping it will all just go away
By E.S. Browning If you learned you had cancer and needed chemotherapy soon, what would you do? You would probably ...
The heat is on — and it’s even hotter in some parts of Jacksonville
By Mark Woods There were some mornings in May when I stepped outside, felt a surprisingly cool breeze, and thought ...
Florida Senate Bill 2508 would protect water supply for all
By Ryan A. Rossi I’m a Florida native. Born and raised here, I still live in my hometown of Boca ...
Challenging harvest for Florida sugar farmers this year
By Matt Hoffman Last month, the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida celebrated the close of our 60th crop. Farmers in ...
Now is the time for Florida to phase out fossil fuels; here’s how to make sure everybody benefits
By Natalia Brown and Delaney Reynolds Early this year, over 200 young people sent a letter to the Florida Department ...
Reject questionable South Dade development, commissioners. Everglades must come firstÂ
By the Miami Herald Editorial Board It would be easy for Miami-Dade County commissioners to dismiss environmentalists who are fighting ...
DeSantis can rescue Florida’s wetlands. Will he?Â
By Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board When federal officials handed off authority over wetlands across Florida to the state, environmentalists worried ...
Environmental bill falls short, deserves veto
By Palm Beach Post Editorial Board Gov. Ron DeSantis can cement his claim of being a pro-environmental governor by taking quick ...
Save the seagrass, save the lagoon and save the manatees
By Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Over the past 16 months, the people fighting to save Florida’s gentle, beloved manatees have ...
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