A major regional climate conference this week brought together a diverse collection of people and their ideas to work together to find a sustainable way of life in the future despite some differing beliefs how to get from here to there. Dozens of community members from environmental nonprofits, academia, community groups, and local, state, and federal governments attended the day-long Southwest Florida Climate and Community Summit in Naples.
Plum Island, a mostly untouched oasis in Long Island Sound, likely will never be developed as Congress has withdrawn its plan to sell it to the highest bidder but preservationists hope to ensure it .