Temperatures In Florida Are Rising. For Vulnerable Patients, The Heat Can Be Life-Threatening
On a hot day in September, Charlene Jones celebrated her 61st birthday by herself. The former nursing-home cook made herself...
Sea-level rise is not a worry for just those who live on the waterfront
When the threats of sea-level rise are discussed, many assume that those at risk are South Floridians who live on...
FPL plans to add 30 million solar panels in Florida by 2030
Florida Power & Light Co. announced a major solar plan Wednesday, vowing to install more than 30 million solar panels...
Delray Beach Commission to discuss controversial plan to remove 100 trees to make way for bike path
The Delray Beach City Commission will discuss on Tuesday whether to accept a $2 million state grant to install a...
The new Congress should join South Miami in the fight to reduce the damage caused by our changing climate
I have spent my career as a scientist watching climate change play out as a train wreck in slow motion....
Liberals push for a Green New Deal as the way forward on climate change
WASHINGTON --Â Liberals around the country are talking about the idea of a Green New Deal, a sweeping set of policy...
Encouraging news from Gov. DeSantis on clean water, the Everglades and sea-level rise
After eight years of Gov. Rick Scott degrading science and dismissing climate change, Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced he will...
DeSantis calls for South Florida water managers to resign and pulls Scott appointments
After a whirlwind day visiting both coasts to announce sweeping measures to address the state’s environmental woes, Florida’s new governor...
A $3 billion problem: Miami-Dade’s septic tanks are already failing due to sea rise
Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of septic tanks, and a new report reveals most are already malfunctioning — the smelly...
Federal flood insurance is a mess and it’s going to be expensive to fix it
This year marks the 50thanniversary of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and this federally subsidized program has not aged...
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