Florida faces stark choice: reap billions from clean energy or pay billions in climate impacts
Florida ranks second nationwide in potential benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean electricity and vehicle incentives.
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Florida lacks laws protecting outdoor workers from heat; pythons killing predators in Everglades
In Tallahassee, a small but bipartisan push to suggest that employers meet the lowest bar of heat safety standards has ...
For Floridians, storm-readiness must include new threats of flooding
As sea levels continue to rise and oceans grow warmer, big storms will dump increasingly heavy loads of water across ...
Local governments are suing Big Oil over climate change – and just got a boost from the US Supreme Court
More than two dozen cities and states are suing over damage caused by climate change and misleading the public about ...
Federal agencies bringing climate data to insurance industry; Wakulla Springs at risk for gas contamination
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation creating research center to bring climate change data to insurance industry.
Rising rainfall poses greatest threat from hurricanes; climate change disrupting saltwater fisheries
New numbers released this month found that 57% of deaths directly attributable to tropical cyclones from 2013 through 2022 were ...
New report shows climate change will impact strawberry production in Florida
Research by Environmental Defense Fund and Two Degrees Adapt signals concern for growing strawberries in the Sunshine State due to climate change.
Florida conservatives can lead on climate
Conservatives can respond to climate in a way that doesn’t involve intrusive government regulation or unaffordable spending programs.
Federal money is coming to fix aging flood control systems – but plans all too often reflect historical patterns and not future risks
New infrastructure is often designed using historical data, but climate change is moving those baselines.
Florida tops list for climate risks; study finds $30 billion cost to plug old Gulf oil wells
Florida's exposure to hurricanes make it "uniquely susceptible" to physical risk, according to the study, followed by wildfires and floods.
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