Episode 157: Lower Your Power Bill, Stop Flooding, and Protect Florida's Beaches

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Lower insurance and power bills? Stop flooding in your neighborhood? Protecting Florida's beaches without spending billions on beach renourishment? This might sound too good to be true, but this week's podcast has ways you can help do all those things. Dawn Shirreffs, the Florida Director of the Environmental Defense Fund, joins the podcast to talk about why all isn't lost to climate change — if people speak out and ask their local governments for practical, fiscally responsible solutions. Take a listen, then get involved!

Links We Mentioned

Environmental Defense Fund

Dawn Shirreffs, Florida Director of EDF

Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Florida's Climate Future

Environmental Defense Fund on Twitter

Let's Tackle Climate Change Florida

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