The Sink or Swim Project

BREAKING NEWS! Live from Belém, Brazil. Fire breaks at at COP30 as panicked attendees are evacuated. More details to follow.

I'm off to Brazil's Amazon Delta for COP30 and just dropped a new blog post about some of the key issues to be covered. Read it here: http://miamisearise.com/2025/11/11/im-off-to-belem-brazil-for-cop30/

Join Eva Lighthiser, our attorney Phil Gregory, and myself tomorrow evening (8:30pm EST) as we discuss our federal climate lawsuit Lighthiser v. Trump and why we’re suing! Register here: bit.ly/Our-Case-For-The-Future

Today I am joined by 21 other young Americans in a fight for our environment, and I dare say our democracy. Read about our historic federal climate case in the new blog that I just posted this morning from my hotel here in Montana: http://miamisearise.com/2025/09/16/youth-vs-trump-our-day-in-court-for-the-climate/

I’m off to Montana for an evidentiary hearing in our Federal case on climate change against the Trump Admin., but first wanna give a shout-out to the ever-fabulous and , which she leads and for which I’ve interned 8 Years, for scoring a cover article in Florida Trend. If you’ve ever thought spending a day in the water with us performing all sorts of science on these magnificent creatures would be fun please consider joining us as a Citizen Scientist! Read more: https://www.floridatrend.com/articles/2025/09/05/beneath-surface/

As U.S. Representative Kathy Castor says, it’s not the Florida Public Service Commission, it’s the UTILITY Service Commission given how often the Governor’s appointed commissioners side for the polluting electric utilities and against Florida consumers. Luckily folks are speaking out against FPL’s proposed $10 billion rate increase. Read more from the Florida Phoenix here: https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/05/advocates-blast-the-nearly-10-billion-rate-hike-sought-by-florida-power-light/

With starting yesterday, there’s no better time to highlight the vital role that sharks play in South Florida’s ecosystem and the work that (led by my incredible Ph.D. Advisor Dr. Catherine Macdonald) does to conduct scientific research on, educate people about, and promote the conservation of sharks! Check out this CBS Miami segment on shark tagging efforts and why these apex predators are key to a healthy ocean: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/shark-tagging-south-florida-sightings-ocean-ecosystem/

Tomorrow, July 16th, at noon in the Senate Swamp, my friends and fellow Lighthiser v. Trump plaintiffs will be introducing our new Resolution that we are asking Congressmen to support. To RSVP or learn more about my time in DC for the Fourth of July, check out the latest blog here (link in bio): http://miamisearise.com/2025/07/15/i-found-hope-in-washington-dc/

Want to know what my main takeaways from the 62nd Subsidiary Body in Bonn, Germany, were? Find out in the latest blog here (link in bio): http://miamisearise.com/2025/07/12/delay-denial-disturbing-developments-in-bonn/

I’m off to Washington DC to lobby Congress in advance of the House vote on the “big bad bill” and on behalf of Lighthiser v. Trump. Tomorrow, July 3rd, I am humbled to share that I will be interviewed on the Mall at the & Folklife Festival. If you’re in the DC area celebrating the Fourth of July, please consider stopping by!

Publication alert‼️I’m honored and excited to announce that an article I co-authored on the outcomes of the COP28 Global Stocktake has been published in Environs, the Environmental Law and Policy Journal! To read it and learn more, check out the link in my bio.