Tag : climate crisis

In Florida, gentrification and increased property values follow hurricanes, says new study | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Photo by Eric Tegethoff Post-Hurricane Ian damage to The Place at Alafaya apartments. After a hurricane, according…

1 year ago

The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, is too woke for Florida | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Florida Channel State CFO Jimmy Patronis: Nobody's patronus Florida will pull $2 billion from the largest asset-management…

1 year ago

Hurricane Ian was a powerful storm. Real estate developers made it a catastrophe. | Orlando Area News | Orlando

A century ago, the coast of southwest Florida was a maze of swamps and shoals, prone to frequent flooding and…

2 years ago

To unfuck the planet’s future, America will need to fix its failing democracy | Columns | Orlando

The 3,949-page report the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released on Aug. 9 leaves little room for optimism: Things are…

3 years ago

The fossil-fuel industry is squeezing every last dollar out of this dying world | Columns | Orlando

It was 115 degrees in Portland last Monday, the highest temperature ever recorded at the city’s airport. In Seattle, the…

3 years ago