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2 hours ago by Amy Green (WMFE) and James Bruggers (Inside Climate News) Play Audio Anticipating significant impacts associated with sea level rise by 2040, Satellite Beach is moving its public works building to higher ground. Photo by Amy Green Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. SATELLITE BEACH, Florida—Brick by brick, the stucco shell of a new, flood-resilient public works building is taking shape blocks from the beach, the most visibl...

DeSantis Recognizes the Threat Posed by Climate Change, but Hasn’t Embraced Reducing Carbon Emissions Environmentalists are relieved the Trump-allied Florida governor isn’t a climate denier. Still, they criticize his opposition to renewables and say his climate record is half-baked. By James Bruggers, Inside Climate News, and Amy Green, WMFE Orlando April 15, 2021 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a new conference in the state held at the Jackson Memorial Hospital on July 13, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Related Share this article This article is the result of...

The commission is expected to vote on whether to rescind the county’s mask mandate on April 27.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is losing his grip on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the state, which for weeks he held tightly, as the federal government moves to expand eligibility and local officials test the boundaries of the governor’s rules.

“It’s really a travesty,” said Deborah Shelley, who was the manager of the state’s Wekiva River Aquatic Preserve from 1987 to 2017. She noted that pollution from sewage and fertilizer holds the river system’s health under chronic distress. But the mass of eroding soil gorging and displacing the Little Wekiva is unsurpassed in her memory as a single act of harm. “It is one of the most devastating events that has happened to the Wekiva over the years,” Shelley said. The Wekiva River is one of two rivers in Florida with a federal Wild and Scenic designation. The Wekiva system, incl...