Jacksonville’s Emerald Trail is a climate resiliency project
Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Jacksonville a $147 million grant to push the Emerald Trail forward.
A wish list for Florida legislators: These climate measures deserve support
When Florida engages a green and sustainable non-polluting future, the improvements will be profound.
Northeast Florida’s fight against climate change takes shape
The aim is to bring more clean energy and energy conservation programs to Northeast Florida's five counties by 2030 and...
Reasons to be optimistic on Florida’s Earth Day 2023
By John Burr There is much to do in Florida and around the world to fight climate change. And there...
Faster sea-level rise speeds up timeline to act on climate change
A quickly warming Gulf of Mexico is driving a faster than expected rise in sea levels along the Gulf of...
Florida needs to pay special attention to IPCC report on climate change
Florida is vulnerable to extreme heat, wildfires and flooding from intense storms and sea level rise
Jacksonville utility should turn to cleaner energy sources
By John Burr Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) leaders will begin discussions in late March to decide how the utility will,...
Florida women learned sobering lessons at the climate conference in Glasgow
By John Burr, Resilience Jax We checked back with two Florida women who attended the recent United Nations’ COP26 conference...
Florida women are at the Glasgow climate summit and they have ambitious goals
By John Burr, Resilience Jax The Invading Sea contacted three women from Florida who are attending the United Nation’s COP26...
Floridians need to demand that their political leaders act now to lessen the damage we’re going to suffer from the warming climate
By John Burr, Resilient Jax Let’s face facts: We’ve blown it. The earth’s climate is heating rapidly, sea levels are...
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