Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws
Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws
The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don't want to name the cause
Neat, climate change is about to erase most of Florida.
The highest point in Florida is 345 feet above sea level.
I was in Florida two weeks ago, it was 32C or maybe more for a few days straight, in the middle of March.
Yikes. That's toasty in March (89F for all my fellow people who can't remember metric temp conversion despite googling it all the time). And it's always SO HUMID too.
I lived there briefly once and I've never sweat so much in my life.
Dammit I was going to post that comment.
The fun thing about reality is, it doesn't care what you want to be true or not.
The science indicates that the earth is rapidly warming, caused by greenhouse gases released by humans, and that one of the severe environmental effects of that is rising sea levels due to melting polar ice.
Florida can't wish that away, and will have to deal with it sooner or later.
They will bitch and whine for handouts to fix it as “an unforeseen emergency” and blame the federal government. It’s the only thing they know how to do.
Do we just mark Floridian refugees? You know those people are gonna have to go somewhere.
The kind of people who vote for this are commonly older and all about self over community--which is to say, they don't give a fuck about the future. They care about squeezing the most out of the present for themselves before they die.
As they say: reality is always going to be on the side of the one who respects it more.
“Florida is on the front lines of the warming climate crisis, and the fact that we’re going to erase that sends the wrong message,... It sends the message, at least to me and to a good majority of Floridians, that this is not a priority for the state.”
What do you mean "sends the wrong message?" This 100 percent is NOT a priority for the state. When the state tells you who they are, believe them.
Well then I guess climate change is gonna have to erase most of Florida and its laws.
There is a comical amount of Florida’s surface area that is like 6m or less above mean sea level. I give them less than a century.
I hate this man so much. He’s speed-running at doing harm.
C’mon, Ronnie. Take the cue from your beyond embarrassing election failure and disappear from the public office.
State that will soon be underwater aims to funnel as much money as possible to the ultra wealthy before it ceases to exist.
The ol’ pump ‘n’ dump
They will be pumping, water that is.
What a shit hole.
Guess who just invented opting-out of FEMA support when the next hurricane rips their shanty towns to bits?
Florida passed legislation banning Ranked Choice voting.
Republicans like first past the post voting, and are working to protect it. Do you REALLY want to use the same electoral system republicans prefer?
Switching away from first past the post voting allows people to vote for who represents them best while still counting their vote against those they dont want to win. Just search for videos on FPTP voting if you want an explanation on how and why the spoiler effect exists.
Electoral reform is possible in each individual state (for now), we dont need federal reform! Maine and Alaska have already passed electoral reform.
So what’s the hold up with the rest of the states? Consider starting a campaign to change how we vote in your own state! Force our representatives to compete with fresh outside ideas. We deserve the best representation, not excuses.
I'm sure the home insurance industry will love it!
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