....in Florida, where the state government controlled by Republic Rick
Scott, may have figured out a way to beat climate change: ignore it.

A report by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting published
Sunday details the claims by employees of the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, who say that they were ordered to refrain from
using the terms "climate change," and "global warming" in official
communications.

“We were told not to use the terms ‘climate change,’ ‘global warming’ or
‘sustainability,’ � Christopher Byrd, an attorney with the DEP’s Office
of General Counsel in Tallahassee from 2008 to 2013, told FCIR. “That
message was communicated to me and my colleagues by our superiors in the
Office of General Counsel.�

The unwritten policy went into effect shortly after Governor Rick Scott,
a global warming skeptic, took office. With the publication of FCIR's
report, several climate change believers took to Twitter to express
their dismay.

https://twitter.com/algore/status/574575981014421504

While less formal, the Florida policy is reminiscent of a 2012 law
passed by lawmakers in North Carolina that prohibits the state from
basing coastal policies on scientific predictions regarding sea level
rise. Scientists have warned that, like much of Florida's coastline,
North Carolina's outer banks are at particular risk from climate change.

http://tinyurl.com/m5owgwj

As usual, the stupid runs high and deep in the south.

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Proud to be a Liberal.