We should celebrate Earth Day by drafting a Lake Okeechobee plan that will protect the lake and the waterways that depend on it
By Eve Samples, Friends of the Everglades Two years ago, the St. Lucie River was a cesspool. Toxic blue-green algae ...
Tag: COVID-19
COVID-19 and the climate crisis show us that ‘an ounce of prevention’ can save lives and money
By Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Drastic times call for drastic measures, and society is making unprecedented changes ...
Wake Up, America! Learning from COVID-19 and facing the dangers of a warming world
By Joey Jung March 13 was not much different from March 12. In fact, it wasn’t much different from March ...
If we treasure the Everglades, we must protect its health the way we are protecting ourselves during the pandemic
By Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation Seven years ago on April 7, when Florida celebrated its first official Everglades Day, people ...
Governments should use some of the pandemic recovery money to combat climate crisis and create new jobs
By Stephanie Pearson, League of Women Voters Our Environment is Getting a Break During this pandemic, we are all absorbed ...
The government is giving us cash to help during the Covid-19 crisis; it should use the same tactic to solve the climate crisis
By Mark Reynolds and Susan Kaye, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Covid-19 is a public health crisis, but as it has unfolded, ...
Climate change and COVID-19 are science-based threats that test our ability to work together for the common good
By Chris Wiegard, Citizens’ Climate Lobby In Florida, there is a rapidly evolving understanding of the scale of the sea-level ...
There are parallels between Climate Change and COVID-19: they are both shocking threats that demand similar responses
By Susan Steinhauser, Climate Reality Project While in a matter of months COVID-19 has changed the world as we know ...
Please Gov. DeSantis, no victory lap; tell the Legislature that there’s a lot more work needed to protect the environment
By Howard L. Simon, Clean Okeechobee Waters Foundation Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon sign what the Legislature, in an example ...
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