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:https://ballotpedia.org/Florida


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*Green Issues/documents from governments within the State of Florida...
 
 
 
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<big>'''In Memory ... [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/PlanetCitizen a Florida Planet Citizen]'''</big>
 
'''''Nathaniel Reed, environmental advocate and co-author of the Endangered Species Act'''''
 
 
[https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/Nathaniel-Reed-Florida-environmental-advocate-and-co-author-of-the-Endangered-Species-Act-dies-at-84_169924582 ''Via the Tampa Bay Times / Craig Pittman'']


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Natural springs -- http://www.floridasprings.org/learn/questions/
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Florida has more first-magnitude springs than any other state or any other nation in the world -- http://apalacheehills.com/springs/Springbook/FirstMagnitude.htm


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<big>'''Lake Okeechobee, [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Lake_Okeechobee-June_29,_2018.jpg threats to the Everglades and Florida's coasts]'''</big>


'''February 2016'''


Once Parched, Florida's Everglades Finds Its Flow Again/National Public Radio -- http://www.npr.org/2016/02/19/466582238/once-parched-floridas-everglades-finds-its-flow-again
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Audubon Florida/The Roseate Spoonbills of Florida Bay -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvQnUKEBVsI&feature=share


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[http://www.floridasprings.org/learn/questions/ '''''Natural springs''''']  


Florida has more first-magnitude springs than any other state or any other nation in the world


* http://apalacheehills.com/springs/Springbook/FirstMagnitude.htm




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[http://fcir.org/2015/04/03/in-sunshine-state-big-energy-blocks-solar-power/ '''Why is Florida, the 'Sunshine State', Blocking Effective Solar Energy Policy?''']
[http://fcir.org/2015/04/03/in-sunshine-state-big-energy-blocks-solar-power/ '''Why is Florida, the 'Sunshine State', Blocking Effective Solar Energy Policy?''']
 


'''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_States'''
'''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_States'''
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'''2016'''
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<big><big><u>'''[[Sea-Level Rise]]'''</u></big></big>




<big><big>'''Why Are So Many Florida Politicians in Denial about the Reality of Climate Change?'''</big></big>
<big><big>'''Why Are So Many Florida Politicians in Denial about the Reality of Climate Change?'''</big></big>


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_News '''''Updates from Florida''''']  
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_News '''Climate News Updates''']  
 


<big>'''''The Presidential campaign comes to the 'Sunshine State''''''</big>
<big>'''''The Presidential campaign comes to the 'Sunshine State''''''</big>


''Sunshine state pol updates -- Some environmental [http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/column-gov-scott-clueless-in-lake-crisis/2268841 Carl Hiaasen] riffing on Florida's Gov Scott, and an e-bit of Clinton & Sanders from today's Miami Herald & TampaBay Times.''
''Sunshine state politics -- Some environmental [http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/column-gov-scott-clueless-in-lake-crisis/2268841 Carl Hiaasen] riffing on Florida's Gov Scott and Clinton & Sanders from today's Miami Herald & Tampa Bay Times.''


''Clinton "mocked the Scott administration's directive to state employees not to use the words "climate change" and pledged to support renewable energy in Florida."''
''Clinton "mocked the Scott administration's directive to state employees not to use the words "climate change" and pledged to support renewable energy in Florida."''
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''"Of Scott's order to state employees, she said: "I found this one hard to believe. I mean, you've just got to shake your head at that."''
''"Of Scott's order to state employees, she said: "I found this one hard to believe. I mean, you've just got to shake your head at that."''


''"When Republicans say they can't talk about climate change because they're not scientists, Clinston said, there's a cure for that: "Go talk to a scientist."''
''"When Republicans say they can't talk about climate change because they're not scientists, Clinton said, there's a cure for that: "Go talk to a scientist."''


''Sanders "also criticized Republicans for their obstinance on climate change, which he said is holding Florida back from becoming a leader in renewable energy."''
''Sanders "also criticized Republicans for their obstinance on climate change, which he said is holding Florida back from becoming a leader in renewable energy."''
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''"The state of Florida has an extraordinary natural resource: its called sunlight," Sanders said, "and this state should be a leader in the world in producing solar energy."''
''"The state of Florida has an extraordinary natural resource: its called sunlight," Sanders said, "and this state should be a leader in the world in producing solar energy."''


''And from Florida, an Editorial re: political moves in the 'Sunshine State'... misnaming a constitutional amendment that would, in effect, *prevent sunshine/solar energy* from competing w/ the fossil fuel industry. The issue is now before the Court. Ivan Penn formerly w/ the St Pete Times, now w/ the LA Times, wrote extensively about energy issues in Florida. What a long-running story it is. Today's [http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-court-should-reject-solar-amendment/2268839 Tampa Bay Times Editorial] speaks of the latest chapter of public good v energy industry-lobbying power...''  
''And from Florida, an Editorial re: political moves in the 'Sunshine State'... misnaming a constitutional amendment that would, in effect, *prevent sunshine/solar energy* from competing w/ the fossil fuel industry. The issue is now before the Court. Ivan Penn formerly w/ the St Pete Times, now w/ the LA Times, wrote extensively about energy issues in Florida. What a long-running story it is. Today's [http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-court-should-reject-solar-amendment/2268839 Tampa Bay Times Editorial] speaks of the latest chapter of public good vs energy industry-lobbying power...''  
 
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[http://insideclimatenews.org/news/01032016/ft-lauderdale-climate-change-global-warming-rising-sea-level '''''Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Rising Seas''''']
 


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[http://gizmodo.com/florida-is-screwed-1767982278 '''''"Florida is Screwed"''''']
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:''(What say you climate-change denying Florida politicians?)''


[http://therealdeal.com/miami/2016/04/07/miami-beach-property-values-may-fall-as-sea-levels-rise-experts/ '''''The RealDeal: South Florida Real Estate News... Miami Beach property values may fall as sea levels rise: experts''''']


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<big>'''''Rising Seas: [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/26/rising-seas-florida-climate-change-elizabeth-rush 'Florida is about to be ... transformed in the coming years' ''''']</big>


[http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/what-works-miami-beach-sea-level-rise-213731  '''''How Miami Beach Is Keeping the Florida Dream Alive — And Dry''''']
''"Take the six million people who live in south Florida today and divide them into two groups: those who live less than six and a half feet above the current high tide line, and everybody else."''
: ''Beset by rising seas and indifferent legislators, the city is spending big to keep its economy above water''


'''''Politico / March 14, 2016'''''  
''“Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a distant place. As Elizabeth Rush shows, it’s affecting real people right now. Rising is a compelling piece of reporting, by turns bleak and beautiful.” ― Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction''


''There’s just no getting away from the rising sea...''  
''“A smart, lyrical testament to change and uncertainty. Elizabeth Rush listens to both the vulnerability and resiliency of communities facing the shifting shorelines of extreme weather. These are the stories we need to hear in order to survive and live more consciously with a sharp-edged determination to face our future with empathy and resolve. Rising illustrates how climate change is a relentless truth and real people in real places know it by name, storm by flood by fire.” ― Terry Tempest Williams, author of The Hour of Land''


''Across the country, even the world, coastal cities are the front lines of climate-change planning, leap-frogging past the political debate to hatch immediate and often very expensive plans to fight the effects they are already living with. Miami Beach, all seven square miles of it, has placed itself at the leading edge of an existential fight facing the entirety of South Florida—230 miles of coastline running from Key West to Palm Beach. Driven by global warming, the sea level here has risen 9 inches over the past century and is predicted to rise at an accelerating pace by as much as another 6½ feet by 2100. Even the most conservative scientists anticipate a rise of at least 2 feet by 2060...''


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[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-climatechange-idUSMTZSAPEC34J7GI77 '''''Florida mayors press presidential debate moderators for climate airtime''''']
::-- ''by [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Elizabeth_Rush.jpg '''Elizabeth Rush''']''


''Mayors of 21 cities in Florida called on the moderators of presidential debates in Miami to ask candidates how they would deal with rising sea levels caused by climate change, a concern of the state's coastal communities.''
[[File:Rising.jpg]]


''"It would be unconscionable for these issues of grave concern for the people of Florida to not be addressed in the upcoming debate you will be hosting in the state," the mayors wrote in an letter to CNN, The Washington Post, Univision and the other media outlets hosting the Democratic and Republican debates on March 9 and March 10 in Miami.''
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[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/science/sea-level-rise-global-warming-climate-change.html '''Sea-level Rise Globally''']
''Via Tampa Bay Times''
:'''Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries'''
:[http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/02/17/1517056113 '''Temperature-driven global sea-level''']


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[http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/Report-40-percent-of-Florida-property-will-be-highly-exposed-to-flooding-_169254238 '''''Report: 40 percent of Florida property will be ‘highly exposed’ to flooding''''']


[http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/01/marco-rubio-climate-change-florida '''Florida Is Sinking: Where Is Marco Rubio?"]
:[http://climatetruth.org/press/releases/2016/1/26/15-south-florida-mayors-request-rubio-meeting/ '''15 South Florida Mayors Request Climate Change Mtg with Senator Rubio''']
:MIAMI, FL — Mayors representing more than 920,000 South Florida residents released a letter sent to Senator Marco Rubio requesting a meeting to discuss the risks facing Florida communities due to climate change. The letter, sent to Rubio’s campaign offices last Thursday, highlights the economic toll of climate change in South Florida and asks the candidate to “acknowledge the reality and urgency of climate change and to address the crisis it presents our communities.”


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''One of Florida’s biggest draws is also one if its biggest liabilities — its coastline. A new report projects that Florida is at the greatest risk of any state for tidal flooding caused by rising sea levels. And Tampa Bay faces some of the greatest risk within the Sunshine State.''


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Oceans_heat_added_1955-2011_lawrencelivermorelab_2016.jpg '''Heat absorbed by oceans doubles since 1997''']
''According to a Monday report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, nearly 40 percent of the state’s property tax base is expected to be "highly exposed" to such flooding within the next 30 years.''


'''''2015'''''
''By 2045, nearly 64,000 residential properties in the state — worth about $26 billion— are at risk for constant flooding. By 2100, about 1 million properties — worth $351 billion — will be at risk.'' ([http://www.tampabay.com/weather/Romano-You-better-hope-I-m-wrong-about-flood-insurance-_169389469 ''"You better hope I’m wrong about flood insurance" -- John Romano / Tampa Bay Times: '']) ''"Once market risk perceptions catch up with reality, the potential drop in Florida’s coastal property values could have reverberations throughout the economy — affecting banks, insurers, investors, and developers — potentially triggering regional housing market crises."


[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/the-siege-of-miami '''The Siege of Miami''']


[http://grist.org/article/disappearing-coastlines-and-rising-seas-how-the-gop-is-killing-florida/ '''Disappearing coastlines and rising seas:''']
[https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/weather/hurricanes/company-hopes-cash-mapping-sea-level-rise-for-florida-buyers/Z4wBBiLRtFE6fNzMqqjnVL/ '''''Mapping Sea-level Rise in Florida''''']
:[http://grist.org/article/disappearing-coastlines-and-rising-seas-how-the-gop-is-killing-florida/ "How the GOP is killing Florida"]


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''Coastal Risk Consultants, which raised $2 million to develop software to evaluate individual parcels for flooding, is on the cusp of profitability, said President Albert Slap.''


[http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/miami-beach-global-warming '''Oh Miami''']
''“I just think as a practical matter, this is something people should do,” said homebuyer Kevin Kennedy, who ordered four reports from Coastal Risk Consulting on Palm Beach County properties along the Intracoastal and on the ocean. “The results discouraged me from purchasing two of them.”''


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[http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/ '''Mapping Sea-level Rise (US)''']
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Inundation '''Inundation?''']
[https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/06/underwater-analysis-full-report.pdf '''''Underwater: Rising Seas, Chronic Floods, and the Implications for US Coastal Real Estate''''']


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[[File:Price Reduced.png|link=https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/06/underwater-analysis-full-report.pdf]]


<big>'''NASA: "What's up with sea-level rise?"'''</big>


Data from NASA coming i/o from JPL US/Euro mission control 


http://www.nasa.gov/goddard/risingseas --- http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11978 --- https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/ --- http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/26/the-troubling-reasons-why-nasa-is-so-focused-on-studying-on-sea-level-rise/ --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Surface_Topography_Mission
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[http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/28/why-nasas-so-worried-that-greenlands-melting-could-speed-up/?postshare=7501440792049830 Why NASA’s so worried that Greenland’s melting could speed up]


<big><big>'''May 2018'''</big></big>


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== Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Response ==
<small>''"The "living shoreline" is the best defense against sea-level rise."''</small>


[[File:SeaLevelRise-populationimpact.jpg]]
<small>''-- Jack E. Davis, author of [https://www.amazon.com/Gulf-Making-American-Sea/dp/087140866X/ "The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea]''</small>


; <big><big>'''United States -- Case Studies'''</big></big>


'''Adaptation Action Planning'''
[[File:Move along Florida-May 2018.png]]


<big>'''Florida'''</big>


2013/2014/2015
[https://twitter.com/hashtag/resilience?src=hash '''''Follow Hashtag #Resilience on Twitter''''']


[http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/15/marco-rubio-climate-change-florida-five-reasons '''Five Reasons Why Florida's Senator Rubio (Might Want To) Should Re-think Climate Change''']


'''"Climate change could leave the Florida Keys and large parts of the south of the state underwater"'''
*[https://sealevelrise.org/ '''''SeaLevelRise.org''''']
*[https://sealevelrise.org/florida/ '''''Sea-level Rise, Florida''''']
*[https://sealevelrise.org/florida/forecast/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMInuehl5mL2wIVxLXACh21CQixEAAYASAAEgLhc_D_BwE '''''Sea-level Rise, Florida Forecast''''']


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'''Contrasting Visions'''  
'''''Miami'''''


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/U.S._Environmental_Protection,_2015_-_Energy,_Emissions,_Climate_Change '''Environmental Protection Agency Goes After Emissions and the Koch's Gathering at the Monarch Bay on the Beach in Southern California Preps to Push Nearly a Billion Dollars into a Presidential Campaign and Opposition to Environmental Policies''']
: [https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/919563595645636610 ''The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell'']


'''In Florida, One of the Koch-supported Congressional delegation, David Jolly, announces campaign run for Rubio Senate seat'''  
: [http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article210870434.html ''Miami Herald / by John Englander / We all have to rise to combat the rising tides'']


http://atr.rollcall.com/david-jolly-2016-florida-senate-primary-election/
: [http://www.rms.com/ ''RMS.com / Risk Modeling & Catastrophe / We need to price #climate risk into all decision making'']


http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/us-rep-david-jolly-enters-race-for-us-senate/2237980


http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2014/02/new-ad-campaign-hits-david-jolly-denying-facts-climate-change
'''''Tampa Bay'''''


http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/02/florida-republican-house-candidate-blasted-over-climate-denial
: [http://www.tbrpc.org/onebay/CLIMATE_RESEARCH.shtml ''Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council / Climate Research'']


[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121090/florida-imperiled-climate-change-and-overrun-deniers '''Why Does Florida Have So Many Climate Change Deniers?''']
: [http://www.tbrpc.org/council_members/council_presentations/2018/010818/Deshazo_TBRPC_EconImpactOfSLR_010818.pdf ''"The Cost of Doing Nothing: Economic Impacts of Sea-Level Rise in the Tampa Bay Area"'']  


Billionaires Charles and David Koch have helped to fuel conservative activism in Florida, by spending millions over the years to establish elaborate political operations in the state. As a result, Florida has become something of a testing ground for anti-government campaigning from the Kochs’ primary group, Americans for Prosperity. A [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/us/politics/koch-group-seeks-lasting-voice-for-small-government.html '''New York Times story'''] last March noted that AFP used a special election for a House seat and “turned the Florida contest into its personal electoral laboratory to fine-tune get-out-the-vote tools and messaging for future elections as it pursues its overarching goal of convincing Americans that big government is bad government.” '''David Jolly''', AFP’s candidate of choice, won that election. Like many of his Florida colleagues, Jolly said he doesn’t think “the impact that humans have had on our climate is so dramatic” that it warrants government action...


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[http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/dutch-sea-level-rise-expert-miami-will-be-the-new-atlantis-a-city-in-the-sea-7628340 '''Miami Could Be a New Atlantis - from a Dutch engineer point of view''']


“If we look around the world and take into account sea level rise and the increase of water related disasters, among the places in the world that have the most assets and investments at risk, Miami is leading that list,” [http://www.government.nl/news/2015/03/12/henk-ovink-appointed-as-first-special-envoy-for-international-water-affairs-for-the-kingdom-of-the-netherlands.html  '''Henry Ovink'''] tells New Times. “Miami will no longer be a land city, but a city in the sea.” Last year, a [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/magazine/how-to-think-like-the-dutch-in-a-post-sandy-world.html '''New York Times Magazine article about Ovink'''] and Dutch water management efforts showed just how behind the U.S. is in its thinking around water.
<big>'''''Three newspapers confront one challenge:'''''</big>
:[http://amp.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article210451219.html '''''Sea-level rise is real, South Florida needs all hands on deck — now''''']


[http://grist.org/cities/miami-sea-level-rise-climate-change '''Miami is Sinking Already Under Rising Sea Levels''']


At the University of Miami’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Brian McNoldy and other researchers have been accumulating sea-level data from Virginia Key (a small island just south of Miami Beach) since 1996. Over those 19 years, sea levels around the Miami coast have already gone up 3.7 inches. In a post, McNoldy highlights three big problems that follow from those numbers...
MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD


'''Head in Sand / Mar 2015''' [http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-08/florida-officials-say-they-were-banned-from-saying-climate-change-and-global-warming- '''Florida Officials Say They Were Banned From Saying 'Climate Change' and 'Global Warming'''']
May 04, 2018


[[File:Sea level rise Miami area tide data 1996-2015.png | link=http://grist.org/cities/miami-sea-level-rise-climate-change/]]


''No graver threat faces the future of South Florida than the accelerating pace of sea-level rise. In the past century, the sea has risen 9 inches in Key West. In the past 23 years, it’s risen 3 inches. By 2060, it’s predicted to rise another 2 feet, with no sign of slowing down.''


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''Think about that. Water levels could easily be 2 feet higher in 40 years. And scientists say that’s a conservative estimate. Because of melting ice sheets and how oceans circulate, there’s a chance South Florida’s sea level could be 3 feet higher by 2060 and as much as 8 feet by 2100, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.''


[http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1352/data/USA_karst.pdf Karst formation/underground will have added impact on sea-level rise/salt water intursion in Florida]
''It’s not just a matter of how much land we’re going to lose, though the barrier islands and low-lying communities will be largely uninhabitable once the ocean rises by 3 feet. It’s a matter of what can be saved. And elsewhere, how we’re going to manage the retreat...''


''Re: Florida topography: Karst topography is the geological name given to an area of limestone bedrock featuring caves, sinkholes, underground streams and natural springs [http://dep.state.fl.us/springs/faq.htm (Florida has one of the highest concentrations of springs on Earth)]. In laymen terms, karst topography is anywhere the lower levels of the soil horizon has been dissolved by the physical or chemical weathering of the bedrock. These environments are comprised of carbonate rocks, such as dolomite and limestone, or having high amounts of evaporites, for example, salt and gypsum, as these materials tend to be highly soluble in water. Having these conditions within humid climate like Florida invites faster weathering. Another erosion accelerator is groundwater mixed with vegetation creates a weak acid that dissolves the limestone. (think baking soda mixing with vinegar) Over time, cracks become caves, and when caves collapse they form exposed openings known as karst windows.''


'''''Rising seas/climate change will have a special impact on FL due to the underground systems -- saltwater intrusion will be and already is an issue.....'''''  
* [https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/here-s-how-rising-seas-could-swallow-these-coastal-cities-ncna872466 '''''Here's how rising seas could swallow up these coastal cities''''']


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<big>'''Read more on Florida risks:'''</big>


[https://twitter.com/search?q=miami%20sea%20level%20rise&src=typd Twitter / Miami sea level rise]


<big><big>'''''Banned in Florida: Government Frowns on the Use of the Term -- "Climate Change"'''''</big></big>
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[[File:Three UnWise Monkeys on the beach via wiki.jpg]]
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''http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/05/10/sea-rise-threatens-florida-coast-but-statewide-plan/QMdrryJGQKQz6m49kKZsDN/story.html
<big>'''''Miami / Miami Beach, a Race Against Time'''''</big>


''http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-08/florida-officials-say-they-were-banned-from-saying-climate-change-and-global-warming-
'''''Via Fortune / Wall Street Journal / Real Estate - Climate Change'''''


''http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/03/09/us-usa-florida-climatechange-idINKBN0M51P520150309
* [http://fortune.com/2018/04/21/climate-change-is-already-depressing-the-price-of-flood-prone-real-estate/ '''''Climate Change Is Already Depressing the Price of Flood-Prone Real Estate''''']


''http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article12983720.html


''http://mashable.com/2015/03/09/florida-bans-global-warming/
<big>'''''Rising Sea Levels Reshape Miami’s Housing Market'''''</big>


''http://qz.com/358675/floridas-authorities-want-to-wish-climate-change-away/
'''''Properties on the coast now trade at discounts as flood waters and ‘king tides’ damp enthusiasm for oceanfront living.'''''
''New research shows that real estate properties in areas affected by extreme weather and sea level rise are losing value relative to less exposed properties. The effects are already substantial, but they may point to a looming collapse as climate change makes coastal communities untenable.''


''http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/0309/Can-Florida-prepare-for-climate-change-without-saying-the-words
''Work by Harvard researchers [http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aabb32 published last week] and [https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-fears-reshape-miamis-housing-market-1524225600 highlighted] by the Wall Street Journal finds that, after accounting for an array of other factors, home prices have appreciated more slowly in lower-lying areas of Miami-Dade County, particularly Miami Beach. A broader study using data from Zillow, still under peer review, found that properties exposed to rising sea levels sell at a 7% discount to comparable properties not subject to climate-related risk.''


''http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/09/florida-state-most-affected-by-climate-change-reportedly-bans-term-climate-change/
''As many as 13% of Americans are still convinced climate change isn’t happening at all, and 30% are confident that humans play no role in it. But real estate prices now seem to confirm the chestnut attributed to author Philip K. Dick: “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”''


''http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/03/florida-climate-change
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''http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/03/why-its-so-dangerous-that-floridas-governor-banned-the-term-climate-change/387226/
[https://e360.yale.edu/features/flooding-hot-spots-why-seas-are-rising-faster-on-the-u.s.-east-coast '''''Yale.edu / Why Seas Are Rising Faster on U.S. East Coast''''']


''http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/09/florida-quietly-bans-the-words-climate-change-in-environmental-protection-docs.html
: ''Along the southeastern coast of the U.S., researchers have zeroed in on three factors that have made this shoreline a regional hot spot of sea-level rise. They include a slowing Gulf Stream, shifts in a major North Atlantic weather pattern, and the effects of El Niño climate cycles.''


''http://www.salon.com/2015/03/09/the_term_climate_change_is_reportedly_banned_in_florida/
:'''''“These coastal areas are more vulnerable than they realize to short-term rapid acceleration of sea-level rise,”''' says Andrea Dutton, a University of Florida geologist who studies the history of sea-level fluctuations. “If they’re hanging their hat on sea level rise projections looking at the potential over decades, they need to refocus and think about the potential for short-term variability in that rate.”''


''http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/09/rick-scott-climate-change-denial-in-florida/
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''http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/08/florida-banned-terms-climate-change-global-warming
[http://www.businessinsider.com/miami-floods-sea-level-rise-solutions-2018-4 '''''Sea-level Rise Now and Tomorrow''''']


''http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/03/report-officials-at-florida-environment-office-told-not-to-say-climate-change/
:'''''The ground under the cities of South Florida is largely porous limestone, which means water will eventually rise up through it.'''''


''http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/politics/florida-officials-climate-change-banned/
::''“Our underlying geology is like Swiss cheese...”''


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:::''-- Mayor Philip Levine, [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article182033066.html running for Florida Governor]''


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[http://news.fiu.edu/2015/03/the-rising-tide-within-from-coastlines-to-the-everglades-researchers-tackle-sea-level-rise/85819 '''''Florida International University Researchers Tackle Sea Level Rise''''']
<big><big>'''March 2018'''</big></big>


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykzWhuS52wM&list=PLE57D4414FAA446C0 '''''Rising seas in South Florida, PBS-2014'''''] - [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/south-florida-rising-sea-levels/ '''''South Florida Rising Seas''''' - ''PBS'']


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<big>'''''Scientists continue to study the questions that need to be asked'''''</big>


[http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/utilities-will-ask-psc-for-permission-to-gut-energy-saving-goals/2189192 '''''Big Energy companies in Florida look to "gut energy savings goals"''''']
* https://eos.org/research-spotlights/incorporating-physical-processes-into-sea-level-projections


''In Florida, fossil fuel energy co's have their way in a pro-fossil fueled legis and w/ the gov. Today we read the energy co's are officially against renewables, incl solar in the "Sunshine State", claiming to the PSC that energy 'savings' are bad (for them) and then there's the 'if they can't grow, they'll die' argument (so pay more, use more, pollute more, greenhouse more, sea rise more, not to worry, bigger better, more better.) What's wrong w/ this picture?''
''When projecting future sea levels, scientists have traditionally relied upon physical models and expert assessments to project the polar ice sheets’ response to various emission scenarios. These approaches, however, haven’t taken into account some physical processes that can quickly increase ice sheet discharge, such as the collapse of terminal ice cliffs and the breakup of floating ice shelves caused by a process known as [http://psc.apl.uw.edu/the-influence-of-hydrofracture-and-surface-melt-variability-on-greenland-ice-sheet-flow/ hydrofracturing].''


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''Now [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017EF000663/abstract;jsessionid=1B4091E090EE414960062C6ABAE3A4A5.f03t02 Robert Kopp et al.] have integrated both of these processes into a probability-based modeling framework to explore how they could affect future projections of global and local sea level changes. The results indicate that these mechanisms could significantly raise sea level forecasts for high-emission scenarios, including nearly doubling the median projections of 21st century global mean sea level rise by 2100.''


[http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-scientists-press-gov-scott-on-climate-change/2188637 '''''Scientists petition the governor''''']


[http://southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org/pdf/Adap%20Action%20Areas.pdf '''''Southeast Florida Climate Compact''''']
<big><big>'''January/February 2018'''</big></big>


[http://www.icleiusa.org/blog/archive/2013/03/25/broward-county-incorporate-climate-change-into-plans-targets-adaptation-action-areas '''''Adaptation action-ICLEI model''''']
[[File:Sea-level rise flooding map.png | link=http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/]]


[http://www.rcinef.org/AAAinFTL_CRWGmetting_040813.pdf '''''Resiliency against sea-level rise''''']
<big>'''''Risk Finder & Map'''''</big>
 
''Projections, analysis, comparisons, and downloadable data and local reports''


[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/stories/slr '''''NASA study of Southeast Florida Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise''''']
''Coastal flood and sea level threats to people, property and infrastructure''


[http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/uploads/ssrf/FL-Report.pdf '''''Florida and the Surging Seas, a Vulnerability Assessment''''']
''For cities, counties, states, ZIP zones...''


[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/11/miami-drowning-climate-change-deniers-sea-levels-rising '''''Miami in Deep''''']


[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/us/south-florida-faces-ominous-prospects-from-rising-waters.html '''''South Florida Faces Ominous Prospects from Rising Waters''''' / ''NYT'']


[http://interactive.sun-sentinel.com/rising-seas/ '''''Rising Seas: South Florida, Inching toward Disaster''''']
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[http://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=e0f5e6f1-34f1-4bd9-8243-8b3c77e1d27d '''''Florida - Impact of Sea Level Rise on Energy and Water''''']


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''A 2014 report released by the research and journalism group Climate Central found that 2,120 square miles of land lie less than 3 feet above the high tide line in Florida. That means 300,000 homes, or around $145 billion in property value, are at risk.... Climate Central found that $71 billion of Florida property sits on land less than two feet above the high tide line.''
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''http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/uploads/ssrf/FL-Report.pdf''
 
 
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Florida, the Sunshine State


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https://ballotpedia.org/Florida

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In Memory ... a Florida Planet Citizen

Nathaniel Reed, environmental advocate and co-author of the Endangered Species Act


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Lake Okeechobee, threats to the Everglades and Florida's coasts


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Natural springs

Florida has more first-magnitude springs than any other state or any other nation in the world


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More Solar Power Needed


Why is Florida, the 'Sunshine State', Blocking Effective Solar Energy Policy?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_States


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Sea-Level Rise


Why Are So Many Florida Politicians in Denial about the Reality of Climate Change?

Climate News Updates


The Presidential campaign comes to the 'Sunshine State'

Sunshine state politics -- Some environmental Carl Hiaasen riffing on Florida's Gov Scott and Clinton & Sanders from today's Miami Herald & Tampa Bay Times.

Clinton "mocked the Scott administration's directive to state employees not to use the words "climate change" and pledged to support renewable energy in Florida."

"Of Scott's order to state employees, she said: "I found this one hard to believe. I mean, you've just got to shake your head at that."

"When Republicans say they can't talk about climate change because they're not scientists, Clinton said, there's a cure for that: "Go talk to a scientist."

Sanders "also criticized Republicans for their obstinance on climate change, which he said is holding Florida back from becoming a leader in renewable energy."

"The state of Florida has an extraordinary natural resource: its called sunlight," Sanders said, "and this state should be a leader in the world in producing solar energy."

And from Florida, an Editorial re: political moves in the 'Sunshine State'... misnaming a constitutional amendment that would, in effect, *prevent sunshine/solar energy* from competing w/ the fossil fuel industry. The issue is now before the Court. Ivan Penn formerly w/ the St Pete Times, now w/ the LA Times, wrote extensively about energy issues in Florida. What a long-running story it is. Today's Tampa Bay Times Editorial speaks of the latest chapter of public good vs energy industry-lobbying power...


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Rising Seas: 'Florida is about to be ... transformed in the coming years'

"Take the six million people who live in south Florida today and divide them into two groups: those who live less than six and a half feet above the current high tide line, and everybody else."

“Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a distant place. As Elizabeth Rush shows, it’s affecting real people right now. Rising is a compelling piece of reporting, by turns bleak and beautiful.” ― Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction

“A smart, lyrical testament to change and uncertainty. Elizabeth Rush listens to both the vulnerability and resiliency of communities facing the shifting shorelines of extreme weather. These are the stories we need to hear in order to survive and live more consciously with a sharp-edged determination to face our future with empathy and resolve. Rising illustrates how climate change is a relentless truth and real people in real places know it by name, storm by flood by fire.” ― Terry Tempest Williams, author of The Hour of Land


Read "Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore"
-- by Elizabeth Rush

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Via Tampa Bay Times

Report: 40 percent of Florida property will be ‘highly exposed’ to flooding


One of Florida’s biggest draws is also one if its biggest liabilities — its coastline. A new report projects that Florida is at the greatest risk of any state for tidal flooding caused by rising sea levels. And Tampa Bay faces some of the greatest risk within the Sunshine State.

According to a Monday report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, nearly 40 percent of the state’s property tax base is expected to be "highly exposed" to such flooding within the next 30 years.

By 2045, nearly 64,000 residential properties in the state — worth about $26 billion— are at risk for constant flooding. By 2100, about 1 million properties — worth $351 billion — will be at risk. ("You better hope I’m wrong about flood insurance" -- John Romano / Tampa Bay Times: ) "Once market risk perceptions catch up with reality, the potential drop in Florida’s coastal property values could have reverberations throughout the economy — affecting banks, insurers, investors, and developers — potentially triggering regional housing market crises."


Mapping Sea-level Rise in Florida

Coastal Risk Consultants, which raised $2 million to develop software to evaluate individual parcels for flooding, is on the cusp of profitability, said President Albert Slap.

“I just think as a practical matter, this is something people should do,” said homebuyer Kevin Kennedy, who ordered four reports from Coastal Risk Consulting on Palm Beach County properties along the Intracoastal and on the ocean. “The results discouraged me from purchasing two of them.”


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Underwater: Rising Seas, Chronic Floods, and the Implications for US Coastal Real Estate


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May 2018


"The "living shoreline" is the best defense against sea-level rise."

-- Jack E. Davis, author of "The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea


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Follow Hashtag #Resilience on Twitter



Miami

The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell
Miami Herald / by John Englander / We all have to rise to combat the rising tides
RMS.com / Risk Modeling & Catastrophe / We need to price #climate risk into all decision making


Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council / Climate Research
"The Cost of Doing Nothing: Economic Impacts of Sea-Level Rise in the Tampa Bay Area"


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Three newspapers confront one challenge:

Sea-level rise is real, South Florida needs all hands on deck — now


MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD

May 04, 2018


No graver threat faces the future of South Florida than the accelerating pace of sea-level rise. In the past century, the sea has risen 9 inches in Key West. In the past 23 years, it’s risen 3 inches. By 2060, it’s predicted to rise another 2 feet, with no sign of slowing down.

Think about that. Water levels could easily be 2 feet higher in 40 years. And scientists say that’s a conservative estimate. Because of melting ice sheets and how oceans circulate, there’s a chance South Florida’s sea level could be 3 feet higher by 2060 and as much as 8 feet by 2100, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

It’s not just a matter of how much land we’re going to lose, though the barrier islands and low-lying communities will be largely uninhabitable once the ocean rises by 3 feet. It’s a matter of what can be saved. And elsewhere, how we’re going to manage the retreat...



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Twitter / Miami sea level rise

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April 2018


Miami / Miami Beach, a Race Against Time

Via Fortune / Wall Street Journal / Real Estate - Climate Change


Rising Sea Levels Reshape Miami’s Housing Market

Properties on the coast now trade at discounts as flood waters and ‘king tides’ damp enthusiasm for oceanfront living.

New research shows that real estate properties in areas affected by extreme weather and sea level rise are losing value relative to less exposed properties. The effects are already substantial, but they may point to a looming collapse as climate change makes coastal communities untenable.

Work by Harvard researchers published last week and highlighted by the Wall Street Journal finds that, after accounting for an array of other factors, home prices have appreciated more slowly in lower-lying areas of Miami-Dade County, particularly Miami Beach. A broader study using data from Zillow, still under peer review, found that properties exposed to rising sea levels sell at a 7% discount to comparable properties not subject to climate-related risk.

As many as 13% of Americans are still convinced climate change isn’t happening at all, and 30% are confident that humans play no role in it. But real estate prices now seem to confirm the chestnut attributed to author Philip K. Dick: “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”

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Yale.edu / Why Seas Are Rising Faster on U.S. East Coast

Along the southeastern coast of the U.S., researchers have zeroed in on three factors that have made this shoreline a regional hot spot of sea-level rise. They include a slowing Gulf Stream, shifts in a major North Atlantic weather pattern, and the effects of El Niño climate cycles.
“These coastal areas are more vulnerable than they realize to short-term rapid acceleration of sea-level rise,” says Andrea Dutton, a University of Florida geologist who studies the history of sea-level fluctuations. “If they’re hanging their hat on sea level rise projections looking at the potential over decades, they need to refocus and think about the potential for short-term variability in that rate.”

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Sea-level Rise Now and Tomorrow

The ground under the cities of South Florida is largely porous limestone, which means water will eventually rise up through it.
“Our underlying geology is like Swiss cheese...”
-- Mayor Philip Levine, running for Florida Governor


March 2018


Scientists continue to study the questions that need to be asked

When projecting future sea levels, scientists have traditionally relied upon physical models and expert assessments to project the polar ice sheets’ response to various emission scenarios. These approaches, however, haven’t taken into account some physical processes that can quickly increase ice sheet discharge, such as the collapse of terminal ice cliffs and the breakup of floating ice shelves caused by a process known as hydrofracturing.

Now Robert Kopp et al. have integrated both of these processes into a probability-based modeling framework to explore how they could affect future projections of global and local sea level changes. The results indicate that these mechanisms could significantly raise sea level forecasts for high-emission scenarios, including nearly doubling the median projections of 21st century global mean sea level rise by 2100.


January/February 2018

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Risk Finder & Map

Projections, analysis, comparisons, and downloadable data and local reports

Coastal flood and sea level threats to people, property and infrastructure

For cities, counties, states, ZIP zones...


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