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In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers

Across the state’s heartland, communities such as Indiantown are weighing proposals for hyperscale data centers. The massive facilities would reshape Florida’s rural lands.

By Amy Green

Many Indiantown residents opposed to data centers express frustration over what they describe as a lack of transparency regarding the proposals. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News
An airboat takes tourists on a tour of the Florida Everglades near Sawgrass Recreation Park in Weston, Fla., on Nov. 12. Credit: Jose Iglesias/Miami Herald

Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms

By Amy Green

Okeechobee Mayor Dowling Watford stands in front of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee in May. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In the Midst of Florida’s Insurance Crisis, What Recourse Do Residents Have?

By Amy Green

Once billed as the Chicago of the South, Okeechobee, never experienced the booming growth and development that has transformed Florida’s coasts. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

Florida’s Home Insurance Crisis Hits Hardest in Some of the State’s Poorest Counties

By Amy Green, Peter Aldhous

When sugarcane fields are burned, the fires emit large plumes of smoke and rain ash across three counties. Residents call the ash “black snow.” Credit: Courtesy of Friends of the Everglades

In Florida, State Rules Concentrate Toxic Smoke in Underserved Communities

By Amy Green

Visitors take in a view of the landscape from the Shark Valley Observation Tower in Everglades National Park near Miami on Feb. 3, 2023. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Appeals Court Affirms Conviction of Everglades Scientist Accused of Stealing ‘Trade Secrets’

By Amy Green

An aerial view of a toxic algae bloom at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam on Lake Okeechobee in 2018. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

New Lake Okeechobee Plan Aims for More Water for the Everglades, Less Toxic Algae

By Amy Green

An aerial view of Lake Okeechobee near Clewiston, Fla. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Billions of Gallons of Freshwater Are Dumped at Florida’s Coasts. Environmentalists Want That Water in the Everglades

By Amy Green

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