Climate change

Young activists believe the Florida Public Service Commission's continued reliance on fossil fuels is a violation of their constitutional rights.

Regarding the climate and the burning of fossil fuels, Dr. Jeff Chanton says, "Humans are a geological force just like volcanoes. We have released so much carbon dioxide."

The property insurance market in every other state seems to be headed down the road that Florida has paved. Here is Florida's origin story of this crisis.

Many states accepted Inflation Reduction Act funding to address climate change, but Florida turned down the money from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants.

Rebuilding after extreme weather disasters can be a long and expensive process, as the impacts of climate change increasingly threaten coastal communities.

The nonprofit Climate Central has a new report looking at how heat in urban areas fluctuates from block to block.

The new report suggests nearly all coastal communities face the threat of significant "critical infrastructure" impacts over the next 25 years.

The report says Florida could achieve net zero emissions by 2050 while growing the economy, creating jobs, and reducing energy and transportation costs.

Jeff Berardelli in Tampa and John Morales in Miami say viewer response has been mostly positive. Berardelli says, "We're being irresponsible if we're not providing context."

$3.2 million will go toward three projects to develop technologies used to eliminate blue-green algae.