Scary Summer: Florida heat and DeSantis's take on climate change grow equally unbearable
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Florida needs to address climate
Three articles referencing climate change in the May 17 Post highlight the discordant message of politics surrounding this issue. One states “Over 60% of coral reefs may have been bleached in the past year” and that 99.7% of the Atlantic basin’s reefs have been subjected to bleaching level heat stress during that same period. Another, entitled “Dangerous to have high temps so early,” reports that there were six high temperature records in the last week with one day breaking a 1922 record.
Ironically, a third article states “DeSantis cuts climate change from Florida law” and also reminds us that Sen. Rick Scott ended the state's carbon reduction goals during his time as governor. All this despite a Pew research survey showing 69% of Americans favor the U.S. taking steps to become carbon neutral by the year 2050. Florida is one of the states most at risk for extreme weather events, costing the state billions of dollars, staggering numbers of heat related deaths, and significant habitat destruction. It’s time to cut the politics of climate change and focus on meaningful legislation to mitigate the risks to Floridians and the planet.
Gregg Olsen, Juno Beach
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This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Desantis ignores climate change initiatives as extreme heat continues
