Climate

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, May 5th, 2023

The Forum discussed the various ways the people are underrepresented politically including talk of prison gerrymandering, redistricting, voter access and economic participation.   Political diversity, voter apathy, a continued discussion about authoritarian Florida and global...

Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-transmitted illness, has killed two horses in Polk County’s Green Swamp area.

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, April 14th, 2023

Walter L. Smith II reports on the activities surrounding a policy trip D.C. regarding environmental degradation due to oil, soot and coal ash dust. At its statewide conference in Orlando, member organizations of the Florida...

Why are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered explanations for centuries, but their accounts often ignore or even avoid human evolution. Evolutionary...

We talked about the ways that people's health is being impacted and will continue to be affected by climate change with Dr. Paul Robinson.

Climate activists want the Biden administration to make sure there are no new offshore oil and gas leases included in the DOI five-year plan.

Tampa Congress member Kathy Castor spoke at a press conference about climate change at the UN's 27th Conference of the Parties.

Michele Rayner is going to be re-elected to the Florida House, but she’s still worried about this election. Rayner has been gerrymandered into a new Democratic District 62.

Monopolistic electric utilities in Florida have been caught cheating, scamming, and funding ghost candidates in our elections to maintain their outsize influence in State politics and keep their profits soaring.

Florida voters want the government to act on climate change. A new poll finds that climate is now the number 4 issue in Florida.