Florida’s new GOP governor tackles climate change, a phrase once banned in the state
The House passes a bill to protect Americans in retirement. Is the U.S. in a trade “cold war” with China. Florida’s new governor actually acknowledges climate change, and even says the phrase.
A woman walks through flooded streets in the rural migrant worker town of Immokalee, which was especially hard hit by Hurricane Irma on September 13, 2017 in Immokalee, Florida.
Under former governor Rick Scott, Florida state employees said — and documents confirmed — there was a ban on using the term “climate change.” Instead of “sea level rise,” employees were instructed to say “nuisance flooding.”