It's January 2021, And FL GOP Just Filed A Bill To Study Sea Level Rise, Create "Resiliency" Office

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The nine-person task force would include the state’s Chief Resilience Officer and Chief Science Officer. The Senate President and House Speaker would each name one member. Various other agency members would make up the remainder of the commission.

“The task force shall develop official scientific information, from appropriate sources as determined by the task force, necessary to make recommendations on consensus baseline projections, or a range of projections, of the expected rise in sea level along the state’s coastline for planning horizons designated by the task force,” the legislation reads. “The projections may address various geographic areas of the state, as determined by the task force.”

The task force would then submit those projections by Jan. 1, 2022. Those projections “must be used for the purpose of developing future state projects, plans, and programs.”

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“Climate change isn’t a tomorrow issue, it’s a right now issue. Banning offshore drilling, investing in shore protection and beach renourishment projects, and supporting clean energy solutions are important, but we need smarter investment so that we can develop science-based solutions to this growing problem. Resiliency is a climate issue, it’s an environmental issue, and it’s a financial issue. It’s time that Florida becomes a leader on climate change.”

Ed. - Emphasis added. Oh, and

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https://floridapolitics.com/archives/397241-republicans-bill-sea-level-rise

[still_one]

1. I guess we should be thankful that they are bringing Climate Change into the conversation, but

it is pathetic that they have waited until they are adversely impacted by rising sea levels, that they cannot ignore it anymore, though with the ever increasing magnitude of the hurricanes in the last ten years, this should have been obvious

[Wicked Blue]

2. Are they afraid that Mar-a-Lagoon will sink under the rising sea? nt