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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDem US Rep Debbie Mucarsel-Powell sounds urgent alarm on climate change
That was the message sounded by U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell on Wednesday night, when she gathered some climate experts to discuss findings from the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis report.
Mucarsel-Powell was joined by Caroline Lewis, the founder of the CLEO Institute, as well as local journalist Mario Ariza and Dr. Frances Colon, an American science diplomat and environmental policy expert.
The effects of climate change in the form of flooding, above average storm strength and frequency and continued degradation of the environment are already being drastically felt in Miami-Dade and Monroe County, and Mucarsel-Powell said that they are already past the point of no return in parts of the Florida Keys.
As we see sea level rising, our water infrastructure, our septic tanks, are leaking fecal content into our water, she said. Thats why Miami Beach and Key Biscayne had to close beaches. This is completely failed leadership by the county mayor here in Miami-Dade of not making the investments to replace those septic tanks into sewage.
Mucarsel-Powell was joined by Caroline Lewis, the founder of the CLEO Institute, as well as local journalist Mario Ariza and Dr. Frances Colon, an American science diplomat and environmental policy expert.
The effects of climate change in the form of flooding, above average storm strength and frequency and continued degradation of the environment are already being drastically felt in Miami-Dade and Monroe County, and Mucarsel-Powell said that they are already past the point of no return in parts of the Florida Keys.
As we see sea level rising, our water infrastructure, our septic tanks, are leaking fecal content into our water, she said. Thats why Miami Beach and Key Biscayne had to close beaches. This is completely failed leadership by the county mayor here in Miami-Dade of not making the investments to replace those septic tanks into sewage.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/355413-debbie-mucarsel-powell-sounds-urgent-alarm-on-climate-change
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Dem US Rep Debbie Mucarsel-Powell sounds urgent alarm on climate change (Original Post)
ehrnst
Aug 2020
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lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)1. As long as short-term fossil fuel interests hold sway
I don't see anything changing. I never understood why this is a partisan issue. The grandchildren of Republicans will be just as affected as those of Democrats. Some experts say it's already too late; if Trump is re-elected they will probably be right...
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)3. I'm glad she is strongly getting her name out there
Mucarsel-Powell faces probably the toughest battle of any Democratic House incumbent, opposing the current Miami-Dade mayor