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Report: Florida's strawberry growers will have to change with the climate to survive
If Florida’s iconic strawberry industry is going to survive climate change, those involved must be willing to embrace major changes in how nearly everything is done – and quickly.
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At front lines of climate battle, a Miami course prepares women of color to lead the fight
The latest cohort of the the Miami-based CLEO Institute gathers people who come from communities with shared environment-related struggles, in order to devise ways of navigating these issues.
www.sun-sentinel.com
Florida lawmakers look at more sites for gopher tortoises
Land management agencies would have to consider finding areas suitable for gopher tortoises that get pushed from their homes by development, under a measure sent to the full Florida Senate this week.
www.sun-sentinel.com
Florida, your flood insurance premium will probably rise. Climate change and coastal development are to blame.
The vast majority of the more than 1.7 million households in Florida that have flood insurance policies through the National Flood Insurance Program will likely see their rates rise as Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to reauthorize the program that’s drowning in debt.
www.sun-sentinel.com
Kevin Mims: Creative climate solutions exist, but they’re costly
We must look at lowering our carbon footprint. We must start implementing renewable energy measures and solutions, and, you know, from the top down and the bottom up.
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Climate change issues proposed again in Florida Senate
An effort is back in the Florida Senate to permanently set up a statewide office to consider climate change impacts, as environmentalists wait for a new chief resiliency officer to be appointed.
miamibeachtimes.com
Native American tribes win a battle against sea level rise in Washington state
In the wake of the latest IPCC report on the conditions of our oceans, the House of Representative's Natural Resources Committee approved a bill which will help Washington state's Native American tribes mitigate the effects of sea-level rise and climate change.
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