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Column: Radioactive roads? Legislature considers flooding our streets with cancer-causing chemicals
Fact No. 1: Earlier this month, South Florida got 26 inches of rain in seven hours, piling onto 31 inches from the previous three days. This caused unprecedented flooding in our streets, buildings and homes. Fact No. 2: Severe flooding releases toxic chemicals from our roads into our water and air. We can be exposed to viruses, parasites, bacteria and now — if the fertilizer industry prevails — a radioactive waste known as phosphogypsum.
Radioactive roads? Legislature considers flooding our streets with cancer-causing chemicals | Opinion
Fact No. 1: Over April 12 and 13, South Florida got 26 inches of rain in seven hours, piling onto 31 inches from the previous three days. This caused unprecedented flooding in our streets, buildings and homes. Fact No. 2: Severe flooding releases toxic chemicals from our roads into our water and air. We can be exposed to viruses, parasites, bacteria and now — if the fertilizer industry prevails — a radioactive waste known as phosphogypsum.
Radioactive roads? Legislature floods our streets with cancer-causing chemicals | Commentary
Fact number one: Two weeks ago, South Florida got 26 inches of rain in seven hours, piling onto 31 inches from the previous three days. This caused unprecedented flooding in our streets, buildings, and homes. Fact number two: Severe flooding releases toxic chemicals from our roads into our water and air. We can be exposed to viruses, parasites, bacteria, and now — if the fertilizer industry prevails — a radioactive waste known as phosphogypsum.
Orlando Sentinel Op-Ed | Radioactive roads? Legislature floods our streets with cancer-causing chemicals
Radioactive roads? Legislature floods our streets with cancer-causing chemicals Orlando Sentinel Op-Ed 23 April 2023 This op-ed was originally published in the Orlando Sentinel. By Cindy Lerner, Catalyst Miami, and Florida Clinicians for Climate Action Cindy Lerner is a former Florida state legislator and former mayor of Pinecrest. Fact number one: Two weeks ago, South Florida got 26 inches of rain in seven hours, piling onto 31 inches from the previous three days.
South Florida’s leaders must take bold action now to save the region from the threats posed by the warming climate
Last week, I attended the 11th annual Climate Leadership Conference in Key West. The two-day conference featured experts who explained how our climate is changing. They said we need more investment in and development of renewable energy, municipal efforts to address sea-level rise, and private sector innovations in technology to address these challenges. It’s clear to me that the time for all of South Florida to act is now.
Chris V. Rey and Cindy Lerner: Unprepared for climate change
Extreme flooding in the Southeast has displaced thousands of families and may even suppress voter turnout in North Carolina - a key swing state. Yet, the impacts of climate change have been largely absent from the political news cycle, save for a climate policy speech that Hillary Clinton made in Miami after Hurricane Matthew.
Cities Are the Front Lines for Action on Climate Change
When it comes to confronting the challenge of climate change, cities are on the front lines. From rising seas submerging coastal property to precipitation changes in the desert, climate impacts are here—and undeniably local. Climate change may have once been the ultimate slow-moving and global threat, but our residents and our critical infrastructure are already feeling its effects. The threats to our economies are serious enough that the risks of continued inaction can no longer be ignored.
An important meeting about the fire department
Please join me on March 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Evelyn Greer Park to discuss a few hot topics in the village. A most important issue that will be presented is the question that several of the council members have pursued for the past year, over my vigorous objection, of whether the Village of Pinecrest should leave the Miami Dade County Fire Rescue department and build our own department.
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