Florida, get ready for a changing climate

Florida should take specific steps immediately to deal with climate change, according to a report released Wednesday by a coalition that includes Environmental Defense, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Wildlife Federation.

The report recommends "Florida and federal officials discourage development in vulnerable areas, and work at restoring and protecting natural buffers such as coastal wetlands and near-shore reefs," according to a news release announcing the report.

It also recommends upgrading stormwater systems "to account for more frequent and heavier rainstorms, increasing water-use efficiency through conservation, and recycling treated wastewater for industrial use and irrigation."

--Craig Pittman

Comments

[Tino]

Using Pleistocene shorelines for your argument?

Sure, just call me in 100,000 years.

Is that how desperate the Chicken Little fearmongers are to scare us? What next, making our homes dinosaur-proof?