Tag: government regulation
Regulators and emergency officials are increasingly urging people to take flooding more seriously. Strengthen properties against flooding, don’t build in high-risk flood zones and buy flood insurance to protect your home. They argue not nearly enough homeowners buy flood insurance, especially in an era when climate scientists have documented rising sea levels and higher global [...]
Gun policies have been at the center of the country’s political debate for decades as incidents of mass shootings and violent crimes in schools have increasingly dominated news reports. Between 2014 and 2022, there were approximately 400,000 documented gun-related incidents nationwide, while Florida had 18,150 gun incidents, according to Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization [...]
Long ago, Mark Twain supposedly said, “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.” The witticism seems ever more apt today, particularly in Florida, where the state’s strong population growth and competition for land is drawing increased attention from academics, public officials and landowners. Researchers at the University of Florida’s Center for Landscape Conservation Planning inventoried [...]
The stiffest headwind most boaters face these days isn’t from a storm. It’s finding a place to tie up. Slips at marinas are so hard to find that Florida boat and yacht brokers advise clients not to buy a watercraft until they have first found somewhere to store it. “There’s just too many boats and [...]
New York City’s Green Energy Local Law 97 (LL97) is a significant component of the Climate Mobilization Act passed by the New York City Council in 2019. The New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate and Sustainability presents this law as “one of the most ambitious plans for reducing emissions in the nation.” One of [...]