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Amy Green

Amy Green

Reporter, Orlando, Florida

Amy Green covers the environment and climate change from Orlando, Florida. She is a mid-career journalist and author whose extensive reporting on the Everglades is featured in the book MOVING WATER, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, and podcast DRAINED, available wherever you get your podcasts. Amy’s work has been recognized with many awards, including a prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award and Public Media Journalists Association award.

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In Clewiston, Florida, a sugar cane field in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

In the Florida Everglades, a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hotspot

By Amy Green

In Arcadia, Florida, Mac Martin looks at flooding along the railroad tracks at the Peace River in October 2022 in Arcadia, nearly a week after Hurricane Ian made landfall on the gulf coast. The Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area would include the watersheds of the Peace River and shore up protection for a region that suffered heavy damage from the hurricane. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images.

Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Sprawling Conservation Area in Everglades Watershed

By Amy Green

A manatee swims in a recovery pool at the David A. Straz Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center in ZooTampa at Lowry Park in Tampa, Florida, on January 19, 2021. Red tides caused by human use of fertilizers, loss of food in their natural habitat and collision with boats are the main causes of manatee deaths. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images.

Fish and Wildlife Service to Consider Restoring Manatee’s Endangered Status

By Amy Green

Chauncey Goss and his family spent weeks clearing hurricane debris from their property, as shown in this photograph taken shortly after Ian struck. Photo courtesy Chauncey Goss

For Sanibel, the Recovery from Hurricane Ian Will Be Years in the Making

By Amy Green

A Fire Rescue ambulance at Mt. Sinai Medical Center hospital in Miami Beach. A study found that some zip codes in Miami had more than four times the number of emergency room visits and hospitalizations related to heat compared with other neighborhoods, a disparity that correlated somewhat with the distribution of formerly redlined neighborhoods. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

In Miami, It’s No Coincidence Marginalized Neighborhoods Are Hotter

By Amy Green

In Tarpon Springs, Florida, Makatla Richter wades through flood waters after having to evacuate her home when the flood waters from Hurricane Idalia inundated it on Wednesday. Credit: Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

Florida Pummeled by Catastrophic Storm Surges and Life-Threatening Winds as Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall

By Amy Green

Coral on the ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida, in September 2021. Record warm ocean temperatures this summer are leading to what scientists fear may be a global bleaching event. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images.

For Florida’s Ailing Corals, No Relief From the Heat

By Amy Green

In Florida, parts of the Sanibel Causeway to Sanibel Island were washed away, along with sections of the bridge to the island, after Hurricane Ian passed through the area in September 2022. The hurricane brought high winds, storm surge and rain to the area causing severe damage. Credit:Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

NOAA Adjusts Hurricane Season Prediction to ‘Above-Normal’

By Amy Green

Jane Gilbert, chief heat officer for Miami-Dade County, says not only is the heat here changing. Certain residents are more vulnerable than others. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News.

Miami is Used to Heat, but Not Like This

By Amy Green

Residents in North Port St. Joe, Florida, had long been concerned that an export facility for liquified natural gas (LNG), like this one in Sabine Pass, Texas, would be built on the Gulf Coast in their community on the Florida Panhandle. But now Nopetro Energy says it had decided "many months ago" not to build the facility there. Credit: Getty Images.

After Litigation and Local Outcry, Energy Company Says It Will Not Move Forward with LNG Plant in Florida Panhandle

By Amy Green

In June 2021. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media in the Everglades in Miami. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)In June 2021. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media in the Everglades in Miami. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

DeSantis Promised in 2018 That if Elected Governor, He Would Clean Up Florida’s Toxic Algae. The Algae Are Still Blooming

By Amy Green

Costal mangrove forests in Everglades National Park. Credit: Federico Acevedo/National Park Service

In the Everglades, a Clash Portrayed as ‘Science vs. Politics’ Pits a Leading Scientist Against His Former Employer

By Amy Green

The skyline is seen as the outerbands of Hurricane Irma start to reach Florida on Sept. 9, 2017 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

How Are Hurricanes Connected to Climate Change?

By Amy Green, Bob Berwyn, James Bruggers

People walk along the beach looking at property damaged by Hurricane Ian on Sept. 29, 2022 in Bonita Springs, Florida. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

A New Hurricane Season Begins With Forecasts For Less Activity but More Uncertainty

By Amy Green

The Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant, is seen in Orlando. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

EPA Proposes to Expand its Regulations on Dumps of Toxic Waste From Burning Coal

By James Bruggers, Amy Green

Trash is flattened and spread out across a hilllside before being covered with dirt at the Prima Deshecha landfill in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Credit: Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Federal Regulations Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills

By Phil McKenna, Amy Green

The sun sets June 5, 2003 over the Florida Everglades. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan

By Amy Green

Dannie Bolden grew up in this house. He and other North Port St. Joe residents dream of revitalizing their neighborhood and uniting it with the other end of town. “Because of what we see happening on the other side of town, we know it’s possible,” he says. Credit: Amy Green

In the Florida Panhandle, a Black Community’s Progress Is Threatened by a Proposed Liquified Natural Gas Plant

By Amy Green

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