Florida And Climate Change

Democrat David Jolly emphasizes the importance of clean energy in his plans for the Sunshine State, while Republican Byron Donalds keeps his focus on ongoing Everglades projects.

Florida has sued a company that issues climate change assessments of property risks including flooding that the state alleges are deceptive, deviate from the federal flood insurance assessments, and are depressing home sales.

“As soon as you get past sandbags the rules get real shades of gray.”

In Whitted, testing has confirmed the water is contaminated with arsenic and PFAS/PFOS. An effort to connect the residents to the local water system has moved slowly.

WUSF reporter Jessica Meszaros discusses some of her team’s recent reporting on the rising cost of power in Florida on "Marketplace Morning Report."

Even with this latest activity in the Gulf, it's been a quiet Atlantic hurricane season so far, which is typical for the El Niño climate pattern we're in right now.

A sprawling reservoir at the heart of the $27 billion effort to restore Florida’s Everglades is unprecedented in size, but a new report suggests much more reservoir space is needed.

Rising electricity prices are part of a statewide trend driven by consecutive rate hikes, high energy consumption, and a system that lets investor-owned utilities pass on costs to customers.

Solar hasn’t necessarily been replacing Florida utilities’ fossil fuel use, the state’s consumer advocate says — it’s actually been used in some cases to bring more fuel online, expanding the grid and your electricity bills.

When utilities want to raise rates or recoup costs, they have to go before the Florida Public Service Commission for approval.

The search for favorable astrophotography conditions has only gotten harder due to changing atmospheric conditions, ash and dust from wildfires and light pollution.

The gushing groundwater that fills crystalline swimming holes in North Central Florida temporarily stopped flowing at nine springs this year. Humans are partly to blame.