We’ll be measuring sea-level rise in feet, not inches
Take out a 30-year mortgage on a house in the Tampa Bay area, and by the time it is paid...
Florida’s Legislature should require sellers to disclose a home’s flood history
Want to buy some Florida swampland? You could, without knowing it. And nobody has to tell you. Because...
‘Climate change’ enters Florida GOP lexicon. But we need action.
There are signs that the Florida Legislature may finally be ready to discuss the climate crisis. What we really need,...
Don’t snuff out Florida’s energy conservation goals
Florida’s power companies should not be setting energy policy for the state. Yet that essentially will happen Tuesday if the...
Melting ice and a forest on fire threaten our planet
Warmer seas are higher seas. This inexorable law of physics makes itself felt in South Florida every time water gurgles...
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...
Palm Beach County’s cities, towns taking the initiative on sea-level rise threat
Preparing our region for sea-level rise and other effects of climate change is so massive a task that it can’t...
The rising sea threatens the nation and Democratic presidential candidates need to tell us what they plan to do about it
As Democrats turn their eyes to South Florida this week, they should know that there’s no greater issue facing this...
How Far Does Gov. DeSantis’ Environmental Policy Go?
It’s almost six months into Gov. Ron DeSantis’s first term, and the biggest shift from the Rick Scott administration has...
Extensions are not enough; fixes to federal flood insurance program long overdue
Hurricane season is upon us. It would be a terrible time for the federally backed insurance that allows millions to...
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