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Existing data refutes claims that climate change is harming strawberry production in Florida or nationwide, and when data and model projections conflict, science says believe the data.

The home is vast at 8,125 square feet. Yet, designers at Strang Design, a multidisciplinary design firm with offices in Miami and Sarasota, Florida, successfully realized a minimalist, cozy and nature-connected vibe throughout...

Positioned along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Hunters Point luxury homes are setting the foundation for what sustainable construction can look like now and in the future. [...]

This tendency to link climate change to every single weather event after is passes has in all honesty become tiresome.

There has not been an increase in the frequency, intensity, or speed of intensification of Atlantic hurricanes in the past several decades.

Climate breakdown is far more intense in 2022 than even many scientists expected, yet the world still isn’t treating this like a crisis

We’re not just imagining that hurricanes are worse than they used to be. Scientists have noted the process of rapid intensification, which means hurricanes quickly become super deadly. And they say this is related to climate...

U.S. global weather prediction is not as good as some major international centers, and the cost to the American people is enormous (can you imagine the costs of all the evacuations in Tampa, for example).

Central Florida has huge tourist draws like Walt Disney World Resort, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and many famous beaches. So the Orlando International Airport MCO -- one of the world’s ten busiest airports by passenger...

One industry consulting firm has influenced politics across Florida, Alabama and at least six other states

A building represents architectural elements, tradition, culture, nature, function or any number of other things. But in an era of sustainable focus, the industry is beginning to focus on land management, better use of resources,...

Peacocks in southern Florida could be pushed from their habitats after the Miami-Dade commission loosened a law protecting them. On Tuesday, the commission voted to allow cities to opt-out of a 20-year-old law protecting...

A bill recently introduced to the Florida legislature could hamper rooftop solar efforts in the state. Republican Senator Jennifer Bradley introduced the bill, which proposed reducing solar reimbursement rates by up to 75%,...

Solar as a grid source of electricity is uneconomic, from the rooftop to the large solar arrays. So various government interventions pushed by the solar lobby must come to the rescue.

An investigation carried out by Floodlight and the Miami Herald has found that the leading energy company in the U.S. is trying to influence energy policies in its favor, hurting the rooftop solar industry in Florida. The...