Ashley Miznazi | Miami Herald

The state is looking at “living shorelines” such as mangrove forests, oyster reef restoration and hybrid options like 3D-printed walls that help fight climate change.

The new law would prevent local governments from passing any “resolution, ordinance, rule, code or policy” that promotes net-zero goals. It also prohibits requiring assessments, fees or penalties to reach those goals.

Companies around the world are racing to bring this technology to market, and many of them say South Florida is the perfect testing ground. Some even believe you’ll see these flying overhead in just a few years.

The invasive pests, known as short-spined thrips, may be microscopic, but they’re a menacing threat. South Florida’s warming climate offers an ideal place for them to thrive — putting local nurseries at risk.

Most people who use public transit in Miami-Dade do it because they have to. But some choose it intentionally, aiming for a more sustainable lifestyle for both their health and the planet.

Miami-Dade is getting creative about one of its stinkiest problems: garbage.

Fifteen elementary schools in Miami-Dade County are composting their rotting jack-o-lanterns.

Josh Wilkie and Fabio Galarce leaned over the side of their boat and hauled up a basket full of oysters, each just an inch or two in size. Wilkie grabbed his shucking knife, popped one open and slurped down the silky meat inside.

Miami-Dade has been slow to catch up with other states and other Florida communities in embracing large-scale composting. While landfills have continued to fill up, there hasn’t been a clear path in the county code for community composters to legally operate. That just changed.

Even as climate change raises the risks for flooding, there are ways to protect your place – from DIY steps that cost little to nothing to a host of new products.

Those three are just a few of the proposals companies have pitched to a county hoping to find new ways to reduce the steam of waste fastly filling landfills.

Long lines at chargers. Range anxiety on road trips. Stretches of interstate with few, if any, charging stations. They’re all big concerns if you drive an electric vehicle in South Florida or just about anywhere in the state.