Brendan Rivers is the lead reporter for ADAPT, where he also writes the ADAPT email newsletter, hosts live events, and hosts and produces the ADAPT podcast profiling local people who are working on the issue of climate change.
Brendan's climate bylines include NPR, The Guardian, Grist, The Miami Herald, and The Florida Times-Union. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and a former fellow with InsideClimate News and Climate Matters in the Newsroom.
Brendan has worked as a reporter for WJCT News and as a news director at Southern Stone Communications radio stations in the Daytona Beach area.
Brendan Rivers can be reached at brivers@wjct.org and on Twitter at @BrendanRivers.
Stowe fills us in on skyrocketing electricity bills, a failed solar project, JEA’s future energy mix and the status of Plant Vogtle, among other things.
JEA and FPL say they’re ready to restore power quickly no matter what happens this hurricane season, but the Florida Division of Emergency Management is warning that some businesses or neighborhoods could be on generator power “for months to years” if one or more major hurricanes make landfall this year.
A researcher at FSU says climate change fueled displacement of residents is a looming “existential crisis” for Jacksonville and other major Florida cities.
Extreme heat is the deadliest form of hazardous weather and Jacksonville will soon have data showing how the city is being affected by rising temperatures and which neighborhoods need the most help.
The parent company of Florida’s largest utility has announced plans to expand its use of solar energy and other renewable sources.
Jacksonville has secured millions in funding for resilience projects and the city expects to get a lot more by the end of 2022.
More than 90% of all greenhouse gas emissions from large facilities in Jacksonville can be traced back to JEA and most of those emissions come from one power plant: the Northside Generating Station.
The Environmental Leadership Program at the University of North Florida is preparing students to be future environmental leaders through training and hands-on experiences with organizations from throughout the community.
While stormwater ponds do offer benefits, new research from UF indicates that they may be delivering a net disservice by contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.
Fleming Island state Sen. Jennifer Bradley says her bill would get rid of a subsidy that utility customers without rooftop solar are being forced to pay. Opponents of the bill question whether that subsidy even exists and worry the bill could seriously hurt the state’s rooftop solar industry.
