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Mentions of ‘climate change’ are to be wiped from state law after governor signs new bill
Climate change will be a lesser priority in Florida and largely disappear from state statutes under legislation signed Wednesday by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that also bans power-generating wind ...
Along with prohibiting offshore wind turbines – which currently don’t exist in Florida – the bill erases the few references to climate change and greenhouse gas that remain in state law.
Is it, for example, time to rethink and craft state laws that would limit development so close to Florida's coasts and in areas that have consistently been prone to flooding?
In North Central Florida, where climate change denial is stronger, climate change efforts were starting to be visible in 2020 in Gainesville, Alachua County, St. Augustine and Jacksonville. [84] In Broward County's Oakland Park, drainage installed with a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant prevented damage to 400 homes during Hurricane Irma. [85]
In response to widespread concerns about a general increase in the temperature of the Earth's climate, a number of tax jurisdictions have proposed or imposed global warming taxes intended to generate revenues to mitigate the effects of the human activities contributing to global warming or to discourage such activities.
A television meteorologist in Florida slammed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for signing a bill that will remove the requirement for the state to consider climate change when creating energy policy and ...
The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest piece of federal legislation ever to address climate change. [88] According to the CBO and JCT, it will invest $783 billion in provisions relating to energy security and climate change. [7] This includes $663 billion in tax incentives, and $27 billion for a green bank created by amending the Clean Air Act.