Environment

Since it moved into Florida in 2015, Solar United Neighbors has organized 82 co-ops including 12 in Miami-Dade and another dozen in Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties.

Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said that nearly 13,400 people were forced to evacuate as water consumed hundreds of homes around the country.

New findings from AAA’s annual hurricane season survey show 19 percent of Floridians do not prepare ahead of time for hurricane season or severe weather.

As the 2023 hurricane season starts, memories are still fresh of Hurricane Ian causing billions of dollars in damage and pushing water across Southwest Florida barrier islands. Emergency-management officials believe they must do more to communicate the risks of approaching storms.

Florida Forever would receive $100 million, another $100 million is earmarked for the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, and $800 million would fund projects connecting the Ocala and Osceola National Forests.

West Palm Beach's Office of Sustainability is planting hundreds of trees to address heat levels in historically underserved neighborhoods.

Researchers call it ‘sea sawdust,’ and it has a friendly relationship with the organism that causes red tide.

Miami-Dade County artist-in-residence Xavier Cortada unveiled a series of paintings highlighting the threat of extreme heat in Miami. He also revealed a cooling towel, printed with one of his designs, which he hopes will keep people cool this summer.

A judge sided with the Everglades Foundation after it sued its former chief scientist saying Thomas Van Lent took or destroyed proprietary information.

Florida’s environment will suffer "irreparable damage” under a new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that opponents say will financially discourage regular folks from challenging proposals to change local rules that limit the size and scope of new developments.