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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn Florida, officials ban term 'climate change'
FROM MARCH 08, 2015 4:00 AM
The state of Florida is the region most susceptible to the effects of global warming in this country, according to scientists. Sea-level rise alone threatens 30 percent of the states beaches over the next 85 years.
But you would not know that by talking to officials at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the state agency on the front lines of studying and planning for these changes.
DEP officials have been ordered not to use the term climate change or global warming in any official communications, emails, or reports, according to former DEP employees, consultants, volunteers and records obtained by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.
The policy goes beyond semantics and has affected reports, educational efforts and public policy in a department with about 3,200 employees and $1.4 billion budget.
But you would not know that by talking to officials at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the state agency on the front lines of studying and planning for these changes.
DEP officials have been ordered not to use the term climate change or global warming in any official communications, emails, or reports, according to former DEP employees, consultants, volunteers and records obtained by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.
The policy goes beyond semantics and has affected reports, educational efforts and public policy in a department with about 3,200 employees and $1.4 billion budget.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article12983720.html#storylink=cpy
Gov. Rick Scotts ban on climate change term extended to other state agencies
No one told Bart Bibler not to use the terms climate change and global warming during his six months on the job at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Then, on March 4, he walked into a Florida Coastal Managers Forum, a teleconference with representatives from other state agencies.
When he introduced himself, Bibler congratulated everyone for the exciting work being done to address the impact of climate change, and then he mentioned his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline project.
The reaction was mostly shock, Bibler said. According to Bibler, the forum moderator, Ann Lazar, said that she hoped his advocacy on the conference call wouldnt result in cancellations of future ones.
Then, on March 4, he walked into a Florida Coastal Managers Forum, a teleconference with representatives from other state agencies.
When he introduced himself, Bibler congratulated everyone for the exciting work being done to address the impact of climate change, and then he mentioned his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline project.
The reaction was mostly shock, Bibler said. According to Bibler, the forum moderator, Ann Lazar, said that she hoped his advocacy on the conference call wouldnt result in cancellations of future ones.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article13576691.html#storylink=cpy
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In Florida, officials ban term 'climate change' (Original Post)
spanone
Sep 2017
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MiniMe
(21,717 posts)1. Idiots
spanone
(135,844 posts)2. beyond idiocracy....how many have died due to their denial of science?
how many will die today?
republicans live to protect the oil and gas industry, not much more.
tanyev
(42,567 posts)3. Yes, that will solve everything.
spanone
(135,844 posts)4. it's pretty damned crazy.
procon
(15,805 posts)5. Trump just did the same thing.
Its the ostrich syndrome!
The Trump administration's solution to climate change: ban the term
Tuesday 8 August 2017 05.00 EDT
In a bold new strategy unveiled on Monday in the Guardian, the US Department of Agriculture guardians of the planets richest farmlands has decided to combat the threat of global warming by forbidding the use of the words.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/08/trump-administration-climate-change-ban-usda
Tuesday 8 August 2017 05.00 EDT
In a bold new strategy unveiled on Monday in the Guardian, the US Department of Agriculture guardians of the planets richest farmlands has decided to combat the threat of global warming by forbidding the use of the words.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/08/trump-administration-climate-change-ban-usda
Or, as the inestimable Neil deGrasse Tyson points out; "The good thing about science is that its true whether or not you believe in it."
spanone
(135,844 posts)7. yep. and if they're banning the term, you can bet they are doing nothing to counter the reality.
...and people die.
QED
(2,747 posts)6. From twitter, channeling Maxine Waters