Nicolas Rivero
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Efforts to establish protections for outdoor workers in Florida against the impacts of extreme heat have failed at the federal, state and local levels.
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New estimates from a data analysis company shows home insurance premiums in Florida have actually been rising faster than in any other state — a lot faster.
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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.
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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.
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Environmental groups and local governments are battling state legislators over the fate of the fertilizer in Floridians’ lawns.Scientists and environmental advocates say the extra nutrients in fertilizer runoff can smother sea grass, fuel algae blooms and wreak havoc on the environment.
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Heat season began May 1st. County officials are pushing an awareness campaign on best practices for safeguarding against the summer’s unforgiving high temperatures.
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“Green” or “natural” burials have become increasingly popular over the past two decades. In Florida, there are at least seven cemeteries that offer the service. Nearly all of them are in Central Florida, requiring South Florida families to drive hundreds of miles to bury their dead, producing carbon emissions along the way.
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Green burials do away with elaborate caskets, embalming fluids, concrete vaults and tombstones. The result is fewer carbon emissions than cremations and less impact on the climate.
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The Wilkerson brothers, the very first people to create a conservation cemetery in Florida, facilitate sustainable burials that help cut down on the carbon emissions that contribute to climate change.
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As coastal engineers and state and local flood management officials converged on downtown Miami for this year’s Florida Floodplain Managers Association conference at the Marriott Biscayne Bay hotel, the skies opened and unleashed a torrent of rain.
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