Ralph De La Cruz: Does the political will exist to create a national catastrophe fund?

Ralph De La Cruz: A coral whodunit has been solved. It turns out that human pathogens found in wastewater are killing the elkhorn coral.

Ralph De La Cruz: A $100 million federal program will help clean up the headwaters of the Everglades.

ProPublica: Last year, inspectors found that cables used to control reactor valves at the Turkey Point plant outside Miami were unprotected from fire. The protection had been missing since at least 2001 and was initially noted in 2004. Citing enforcement discretion, inspectors waived a violation.

ProPublica: The government currently regulates only operators of offshore drilling rigs, such as BP, and in turn holds them responsible for any contractors they hire.

Ralph De La Cruz: Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Paige St. John reports that Gov. Rick Scott is secretly pushing to shutter Citizens Property Insurance.

Ralph De La Cruz: A year after the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history, BP has made friends with Gov. Rick Scott.

ProPublica: When the Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 men at sea last April and set off the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the tragedy exposed a number of weaknesses — not least of which were decades-old laws that limited the liability of major players.

ProPublica: A Swiss research organization has quantified the human cost of different energy sources.

Ralph De La Cruz: Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophes are reminders to maintain our state’s level of preparedness.