Florida’s growth may be making our insurance crisis worse
A report by a major global re-insurance company links the state’s soaring home insurance costs and growth, especially along the...
Miami-Dade was set for a landmark heat-safety law. Don’t let lobbying derail it
The proposal has become so watered down — by lobbyists, apparently — that it won’t do enough to protect people.
Heat advisories and military plan put climate skeptics on notice
Without worldwide action to cut emissions, we can look forward to more and more unbearable and dangerous weather.
Water quality in Florida to take a hit as lawmakers show their disdain for voters
Legislators added language that would stop 117 local governments from imposing strict fertilizer control measures next year.
Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth shouldn’t increase the risk of flooding and endanger the restoration of the Everglades
By The Miami Herald Editorial Board Miami-Dade County commissioners this month decided, for the first time in nine years, to...
No, it’s not too soon. After Hurricane Ian, it’s time to say ‘climate change,’ Gov. DeSantis
By The Miami Herald Editorial Board Gov. Ron DeSantis referred to a “biblical storm surge,” he was assessing Hurricane Ian’s...
Reject questionable South Dade development, commissioners. Everglades must come first
By the Miami Herald Editorial Board It would be easy for Miami-Dade County commissioners to dismiss environmentalists who are fighting...
Gov. DeSantis took his MAGA hat off and put Floridians first. Finally
By The Miami Herald Editorial Board Gov. Ron DeSantis demonstrated in the past week that there are two ways to...
A Miami houseboat adapts to climate change. The owners might need to adapt, too — to taxes
By the Miami Herald Editorial Board The houseboat anchored off Miami Beach’s Star Island could easily fit into one of...
Think climate change in Florida is just flooded roads? Think again. Think housing
We know sea rise is threatening South Florida neighborhoods. But a new global climate change report, written by 270 researchers...
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