The coronavirus pandemic has been a historically devastating event, with many falling ill to the disease, COVID-19 deaths and millions losing their livelihoods as a result of the respiratory illness, however, there has been an inadvertently positive effect on the environment due to the pandemic: the sky is much cleaner than before the outbreak.
Jenna Stevens is the State Director of Environment Florida and while she says the means may not justify the end, cleaner air is good news for Floridians. “During the past month we have seen both in Florida and across the nation cleaner air,” Stevens said. “This is not the way anyone would ever hope or want cleaner air to come about but the elimination of most non-essential travel has meant that one