This month, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on the consequences of global warming exceeding 1.5° C. In short, the assessment suggests the world could have as few as 12 years to act before climate change causes irreversible damage.
In Florida, we’re no strangers to environmental crisis--and our state is the most vulnerable to climate change in the U.S. The past two decades of GOP leadership in Florida have led to relaxed environmental regulations and budget cuts for state agencies tasked with climate change prevention and mitigation. Enough is enough. It’s time for Florida to get serious on climate change.
My name is Mary Barzee Flores, and I’m running for Congress as a Democrat in Florida’s 25th district. Please donate $5 to help me win this election against Mario Diaz-Balart, so I can join the front lines in the fight against climate change in Washington. Our state’s future depends on an immediate and comprehensive response.
Mario Diaz-Balart is frankly a denier of scientific truth. He called global warming a money-making “bandwagon” that will result in economy-killing policies. But in Florida, it’s environmental crises that are killing business, not regulations. Just ask our service workers, fishermen, hotel workers, and others within the tourism industry about how they were affected by this season’s disastrous red tide--a consequence of polluted runoff. Smart environmental policy goes hand-in-hand with a healthy economy.
Over and over again, Mario Diaz-Balart has voted in favor of legislation that would slash funding for the environment. Just this summer, he rejected an amendment that would ban offshore drilling. He has opposed bills that safeguard clean air and water, protect endangered species, and improve waste management.
Florida deserves better.
Please consider a donation of $5 to my campaign. We have one week left to defeat Mario Diaz-Balart.