How the Florida Public Service Commission affects what you pay for electricity
Florida is one of only four states where the law expressly prohibits you from buying energy from anyone other than your government-assigned monopoly utility.
How Florida Ties Localities’ Hands on Everything from Environmental Regulation to Worker Protections
“I see it as a freedom issue,” said Raymer Maguire, Director of Campaigns and Policy at The CLEO Institute, a Miami-based organization focused on climate education and advocacy. “Every year, Florida is getting a little less free.” SB 180 is Florida’s most expansive preemption law, but it is far from the only one. In the past decade, state lawmakers have passed a spate of prohibitions limiting local control over issues such as firearms, LGBTQ issues and, increasingly, environment and climate regulation.
In a state flood resilience program, some inland communities feel forgotten
“ While Resilient Florida is necessary, it's not sufficient,” said Yoca Arditi-Rocha, CEO of The CLEO Institute, a nonpartisan, climate-focused nonprofit. Local governments are bringing forward projects to protect critical assets like main roads, hospitals and water treatment facilities. “The state is not keeping pace with the demand,” Arditi-Rocha said.
Federal Cuts to Research Have Impacted Hurricane Season; How is Florida Fighting Back
Protecting Americans' lives from hurricanes or wildfires or extreme heat is not a partisan issue. Every family and every community can benefit from accurate forecasts.
Florida Anti-Net Zero Law Takes Effect July 1
“It means that everyone is going to pay more money on their power bills, and there are plenty of people who can absorb a higher energy bill. But there are a lot of people who cannot, and this is coming at a time when housing prices are up, groceries are up, and insurance prices are high. And so there are people who are suffering out there.”
New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies
“It means that everyone is going to pay more money on their power bills, and there are plenty of people who can absorb a higher energy bill,” Susan Glickman said. “But there are a lot of people who cannot, and this is coming at a time when housing prices are up, groceries are up and insurance prices are high. And so there are people who are suffering out there.”
Scrutinizing Earth’s biggest data center project
"The effort to site data centers around the state has exploded. We’re seeing them in all corners of the state. What seems to be happening is letting the horse out of the barn before we’ve contemplated all these important impacts and how we’re addressing and dealing with them."
After DeSantis signs bill banning local climate efforts, Tampa’s ‘climate action’ plan is in limbo
Susan Glickman, Vice President of Policy and Partnerships for CLEO, calls the decision appalling. “To sign a bill on Earth Day feels quite cynical, that he’s thumbing his nose at the local communities that are suffering from extreme weather, and also that are suffering with paying power bills, and affordability is on everyone’s mind, and this went in the exact opposite direction.”
DeSantis signs bill on Earth Day reversing local climate change action
The newly passed law “strips local governments from the ability to do common sense solutions. It’s counterproductive in a state that’s at the frontlines of climate risk and is facing rising energy bills,”
Florida bill banning net-zero policies, limits on greenhouse gases headed for DeSantis
"Local elected leaders know better than any of us the best plan of action for reducing their community's pollution problem and becoming more resilient to natural disasters."
