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Gov. Rick Scott's chief of emergency management, Bryan Koon, testifying Thursday before the Legislature, had a half-dozen chances to use the term "climate change."
But he would not say the C-words.
Scott has denied news reports that employees of the Department of Environmental Protection were barred from saying "climate change," "global warming" and "sustainability," but he has declined to discuss the subject in detail.
In a televised hearing before a Senate budget subcommittee, Koon was talking about his agency's request for federal funds to improve emergency life safety notifications for residents and visitors in advance of floods, tornadoes and hurricanes in Florida. Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, asked Koon if it's true that states need to have "climate change plans" to qualify for that federal money.
Yes, Koon replied, referring to "language to that effect."
"I used 'climate change,'" Clemens said, "but i'm suggesting that maybe as a state, we use the term 'atmospheric reemployment.' That might be something that the governor could get behind."
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(12,712 posts)When it comes to _______ we can always _________ to mitigate the _________. However, there is no ________ to ______ at all.
Give Florida enough time and they will have nothing left to say. That might not be bad, actually.
Natural weather events are not a big deal and continuity of biological entities is not at stake since they come and go
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)... well isn't that just double-plus good!
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(16,149 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)a better more stealthy Attack on science later with better lawyers.