Tampa Bay Times
Today the press was all over Rick Scott; questioning him about the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting report which was released over the weekend. I wrote about the report here which uncovered the news that the Scott administration has banned use of the words "climate change" and "global warming" from official Florida documents.
But when pressed Monday, Scott did not go into any specifics. He would not say whether the department considers global warming to be real, whether it's preparing for it or whether he thinks it's a problem. Instead, the Republican governor talked about his administration's work on the environment, without directly addressing which projects might have been needed to deal with climate change.
"Let's look at what we've accomplished," he said. "We've had significant investments in beach renourishment, in flood mitigation. Look at what we've done with the Everglades: We settled a lawsuit over the Everglades. That litigation had been going on for decades. We put money in the Tamiami Trail, to raise that, to push water south. We've had -- I think we've had record investments in our springs."
"I'm into solutions, and that's what we're going to continue to do," he added. Asked three more times about the issue, he essentially repeated the same answer.
This is a polished criminal who took the 5th Amendment
75 times in his trial for medicare fraud.
This is what we're up against and not just in Florida. Decisions made to mitigate climate change have more than just a regional or state effect. This is a crisis that necessitates that we all participate in solutions. So one scumbag who obstructs solutions in one state, slows the process for all.
Miami Beach underwater