Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 6, 2019
6min269
The committee is working to keep the U.S. in the Paris Climate Agreement.
Tag: resiliency
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 6, 2019
Drew WilsonOctober 16, 2019
7min834
Florida’s seaports are equipped to handle what nature throws at them
Peter SchorschMarch 21, 2019
6min514
FIPUG is happy for us to subsidize their electric supply improvements, they just don’t want to pay for ours.
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 21, 2019
5min783
The plan calls for a new Office of Sustainability and Resilience.
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 21, 2019
5min464
“It's critical that we take resiliency seriously, and address the impacts of sea level rise."
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 24, 2019
5min536
Current city rules won't bend, but with economic development at risk, maybe they should.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 3, 2019
6min882
Former New York City Mayor and potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, through his philanthropic organization, is awarding the city of St. Petersburg $2.5 million to help combat the effects of climate change. Bloomberg announced Thursday that St. Pete will be the 20th city in the nation to win his American Cities Climate Challenge. “Fighting […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 3, 2019
3min393
St. Pete City Council will consider changes to its sustainability and resiliency ordinance approved in 2017 that would broaden its application and take into account potential conflicts with projects receiving state or federal funding. Under the city’s current ordinance, new construction and substantial renovations to city property require third-party sustainability and resiliency verification through LEED […]
Melissa RossFebruary 3, 2016
3min678
The city of Jacksonville is no longer taking part in the Rockefeller Foundation’s “100 Resilient Cities” Initiative. The program awards cities around the world $1 million grants to address issues such as sea level rise and extreme weather. Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown applied for the grant and received it, but under the Lenny Curry […]