Florida lawmakers call on NOAA to enhance efforts to rescue corals; new plan in motion to armor Miami’s coast
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to use emergency powers.
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In the Everglades, a clash portrayed as ‘science vs. politics’ pits a leading scientist against his former employer
An influential foundation contends that Tom Van Lent stole “trade secrets.” Environmentalists question why such “secrets” exist.
In Florida, seawalls are not the answer. Here’s why.
Seawalls have clear, well-documented negative impacts on beaches, dunes and neighboring property owners.
Climate change forces a rethinking of mammoth Everglades restoration plan
Even as the $21 billion effort unfolds, officials realize that its water infrastructure cannot contend with rising seas, violent storms ...
Sea-level rise could wipe out nests of endangered sparrow; radioactive waste could be allowed in roads
A new study concluded that in 50 years, the Cape Sable seaside sparrow could disappear from coastal nesting grounds.
Florida needs to pay special attention to IPCC report on climate change
Florida is vulnerable to extreme heat, wildfires and flooding from intense storms and sea level rise
State lawmakers millions apart on environmental spending, DEP seeking to reduce pollution from development
Budget proposals are hundreds of millions of dollars apart on efforts to preserve land from development, protect areas from rising ...
Protecting Miami from storm surge and sea-level rise is more than a question of walls and pumps
By John Burr, Resilient Jax You’ve probably heard about the plans to build a six-mile, $6 billion wall across Biscayne ...
Architects in Jacksonville are designing buildings to withstand far worse flooding from rising seas than government officials foresee
By John Burr, Resilient Jax Now it is set in concrete: Downtown Jacksonville faces a dire flooding threat from sea-level ...
Why can’t we call the growing threats from the warming climate ‘an emergency’?
By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope, Covering Climate Now TV newsman Bill Moyers tells the story of how Edward R. ...
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