Governor Scott, What's Your Plan?
There has been a lot of attention paid to climate change impacts to Florida in the past month, including the record rain storms that resulted in the declaration of a state of…
Climate Change Takes Center Stage on Earth Week in Miami
Climate change impacts, including sea level rise, were front and center in South Florida - paying true respect to Earth Week. While environment-focused events were occurring across Florida, Miami-Dade County was home…
Miami Tackles Sea Level Rise in Absence of State Leadership
In recent blogs, I expressed my surprise and disappointment in our lack of state-wide clean energy policy solutions in Florida to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. Since then I have…
Florida could learn clean energy solutions from Puerto Rico
Having grown up on the small island of Puerto Rico, I’ve always had a special connection to the sea. However, it’s unfortunate that the consequences of climate change will soon begin to…
What's Up With Sea Level Rise?
This post is the first in a five part blog series on sea level rise, being developed concurrent with the new IPCC climate report, Florida Atlantic University's Sea Level Rise Summit in Fort…
Southeast Florida Prepares for a Warming World
Another year is almost over and the southeast region of Florida seems to be another year wiser when it comes to planning for climate change. The 4th annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate…
Sea Level Rise in Florida Is No Laughing Matter
This is a guest post from Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, climate scientist at Union of Concerned Scientists. This post was originally published on the UCS blog, The Equation, on August 31, 2012. Local…
Florida Municipalities Moving Ahead on Clean Energy Solutions
Have you heard of PACE? Property Assessed Clean Energy? Well, if you live in Florida, you will soon… Florida’s local elected officials aren’t waiting around for state or federal action requiring enforcement…