How Trump could bring fish farms to the Gulf of Mexico
Seafood companies have long expressed interest in raising large species off the coasts of Louisiana, Texas and Florida.Â
Month: December 2024
The connection between hurricanes and investment in Florida
The potential damage from a hurricane reaches well beyond physical structures and property into financial instability.
Summit focuses on Florida’s climate impacts, solutions
The 16th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit is being held in Key West.
Hurricane resilience shown with utility-scale solar
Large farms are transitioning to harvesting energy as Florida utilities rapidly expand their use of solar power.
As extreme weather intensifies, Trump administration can’t forget Florida farmers
Florida’s Department of Agriculture estimates this year’s storms may cost the agricultural industry as much as $4 billion.
Florida has installed the second-most solar power capacity in the country in 2024
The decreasing price of solar power is a major factor in why Florida has ramped up solar production.
Sea level rise and sprawl mean more Floridians on increasingly less land
By 2070, Florida could lose 1.7 million acres to sea level rise and 3.5 million acres to sprawling new development.
USF and partners launch innovative accelerator program to grow the marine economy
A $13.9 million grant from NOAA will fund a program to promote the commercialization of blue-tech solutions.
Florida’s monarchs at risk: How we can protect pollinators and preserve our ecosystemÂ
Monarch butterflies are proposed for protections under the Endangered Species Act, but it will take more to save them.
New push for protection for manatees, Florida’s ‘gentle giants’
A proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service would revise critical habitat protections for the first time in nearly 50 ...
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