Posted on 03/30/2024 5:46:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
If there is a magic way to stop climate change from wreaking havoc on Florida, reverse sea-level rise and lower the kind of scalding summer temperatures Miami saw last year, lawmakers may have figured it out.
It’s called denial.
It hasn’t worked in past decades. A 2023 report by scientists, published in the journal Bioscience, warned that inaction to reduce carbon emissions is driving the planet toward “dangerous instability.” (The highest Earth temperature ever recorded happened last July).
Apparently, the Republican-dominated Legislature’s plan on how to address climate change in Florida before it’s too late is to hit the “delete” button — literally.
House Bill 1645 is reminiscent of the days when then-Gov. Rick Scott’s administration stopped state workers from using “climate change” in their official communication. The new legislation, approved in the 2024 session, removes most mentions of the term from state law, among other things.
This legislation only steers Florida toward keeping its reliance on fossil fuels.
The bill also bans offshore windmills. Florida doesn’t attract that kind of renewable energy today because of its lower wind speeds, but that could change as technology evolves. Critics worry the ban could scare innovation away from the state in the future, the Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau reported.
The climate is changing and negative consequences are already here. Last summer, Miami set 10 daily temperature records and 27 daily heat index records, the Herald reported.
Deleting the words “climate change” might make it easier for lawmakers to escape accountability. But it makes it no easier for South Florida to deal with its very real impacts.
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You get the $cience you pay for.
BTW..why do they never mention China or even Cuba when speaking of global warming?
Lot of gas guzzlers driving around Cuba..not to mention cigar smoke.
Oh geesh, Florida has always been always sizzlin’ in the summer. We went every summer as kids and it was hot and super humid.
I remember coming to Florida from Texas in the 70’s and 80’s and remember it being as hot or hotter than today…and I’ve lived in Florida for the past 24 years.
Every now and then the orange producers have to turn on the sprinklers during a freeze to keep their produce from being destroyed. So, yes it does freeze from time to time.
Bravo. But you really need to stop bothering leftists with facts. It only gets in the way of their narrative, they then ignore it and call us fascists.
We do that up here, too. A cold spell is not “climate”. It’s weather.
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