‘Drill, baby, drill’ ignores lessons from Deepwater Horizon disaster
Commercial fishing lost $4.9 billion and recreational fishing lost $3.5 billion due to the disaster, a study estimated.
Tag: Gulf Coast
Protecting Florida’s coastline is good for business — and our future
The Florida Coastal Protection Act would permanently ban oil exploration, development and production off Florida’s coast.
It’s time to ban offshore drilling near Florida forever
Republicans and Democrats alike have strongly come out against offshore oil and gas drilling.
In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat
Many types of toxic material can affect the long-term health and environmental safety of surrounding communities.
Debby showed how climate change is reshaping our understanding of storm severity
Old assumptions about the intensity and damage potential of hurricanes and tropical storms no longer hold water.
Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail
Florida is a hot spot for cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, with Miami-Fort Lauderdale experiencing over 120,000 in 2023.
Florida’s Gulf Coast is one of the most vulnerable coasts in the world to climate change
In a Category 3 hurricane, the Nature Coast could experience flooding in excess of 9 feet as far as 5 ...
The president has no climate plan. Why isn’t that headline news?
By Andrew McCormick, Covering Climate Now The President of the United States has no plan to address the climate crisis. ...
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