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Living in Florida like being in disaster movie. Climate change -- in the form of hot oceans, toxic algae blooms -- pose challenge to state
In North Central Florida, where climate change denial is stronger, climate change efforts were starting to be visible in 2020 in Gainesville, Alachua County, St. Augustine and Jacksonville. [84] In Broward County's Oakland Park, drainage installed with a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant prevented damage to 400 homes during Hurricane Irma. [85]
As Florida copes with rising seas and record temperatures, Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers are going to exceptional lengths to delete many mentions of climate change from state laws.
The report is still in draft form, but Obeysekera said the climate models suggest extreme rain events in Florida could get 10% to 20% more intense in the coming decades.
Florida, perhaps the most vulnerable state to sea-level rise and extreme weather, is on the verge of repealing what's left of a 16-year-old law that lists climate change as a priority when making ...
Florida's Energy, Climate Change, and Economic Security Act of 2008 set a goal of progressively improving recycling to reach a 75 percent rate by the year 2020. It directs public entities (schools, state and local public agencies) to report the amount they recycle annually to their counties.
There are a number of environmental issues in Florida.A large portion of Florida is a biologically diverse ecosystem, with large wetlands in the Everglades.Management of environmental issues related to the everglades and the larger coastal waters and wetlands have been important to the history of Florida and the development of multiple parts of the economy of Florida, including the influential ...
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