Marco Rubio and Rick Scott still don’t get it about climate change
The political arm of Big Oil and King Coal, also known as the Republican Party, has been in such...
Scientists have little impact on people’s views about climate change, study shows
The American public ranks scientists as some of the most trusted voices in the country. So it made sense for eminent climate...
As climate change hits Florida agriculture, could the future be ‘carbon farming’?
While most residents can simply turn up the AC, there is one powerful group in Florida that can’t afford to...
The rising sea threatens South Florida’s drinking water – and the region’s economic viability
You grab the last box, freshly packed with life’s memories. As you drive toward the highway, you pass the ruins...
A conundrum for affluent property owners: does it make sense to build a higher home in a neighborhood that faces chronic flooding?
A month ago, I was approached by a homeowner in a well-known, but not to be disclosed, neighborhood in South...
A group of oil and gas firms are cutting their greenhouse gas emissions, according to policy research organization
The energy industry is waging war against climate change — and winning. The Environmental Partnership, a group of oil and...
Tell Florida’s leaders you want the VW settlement money spent on electric transportation, not buses using fossil fuels
Known for nonsensical sayings, Yogi Berra famously said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Florida...
Florida wants to buy Irma-flooded homes. Is it the start of retreat from sea rise?
When Hurricane Irma swept through the Keys, it took Kathy Reitzel’s home and livelihood with it. Nearly six feet of...
The Miami bridge to Key Biscayne sparks a new worry on Wall Street: rising seas
Each year, the Fitch credit-ratings firm issues a report on debt backed by tolls collected on Miami’s Rickenbacker Causeway, the...
Your retirement savings are invested in green funds, but are they resilient? New technology may help answer that question.
Let’s say that, like millions of other investors around the world, you decide that you want to put some or...
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