Video: FAU panel discussion on the Florida Wildlife Corridor
The discussion was hosted by the FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Science for its Frontiers in Science Public Lecture ...
Tag: Florida Legislature
Florida prisoners face heat dangers; Legislature passes bill making it easier to demolish coastal buildings
Florida prisoners experienced 22 more dangerously hot humid days on average in 2020 compared with 1982, a new study found.
Skyrocketing insurance rates test resolve of Florida homeowners in risky areas
Research shows the soaring costs hint at widespread, unpriced risk as the global climate warms, with states like Florida hit ...
Bill designating Florida gambling revenue for environmental projects sent to governor; Legislature classifies balloon releases as littering
Much of the gambling funding would come from a deal that the state reached with the Seminole Tribe of Florida ...
Banning balloon releases would also help to conserve helium resources
Helium is a non-renewable resource that is found in only a few locations in the world and is being depleted.
Amended bill banning heat protections sent to Florida House; beach renourishment effort stalls
HB 433 would preempt cities and counties from requiring businesses to allow outdoor workers to receive shade and water breaks.
Tallahassee moves to block leaf-blower bans; Florida House passes energy bill cutting climate language from state law
The Florida Senate passed legislation that would block bans on gas-powered blowers in the state's municipalities.
Florida energy bill threatens to rob future generations of healthy, habitable planet
SB 1624 would erase 'climate change' from Florida law and ban offshore wind power within a mile of the shoreline.
Florida lawmakers consider letting unregulated insurers take policies from Citizens; sawfish deaths mount in Keys
Up to 80,000 Floridians whose second homes are covered by state-run Citizens Property Insurance could be affected.
Florida must take climate change seriously. Instead, lawmakers want to erase it
Senate Bill 1624 and House Bill 1645 rewrite Florida energy policy to eliminate state goals to address climate change..
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