Fla. gov. bans the terms climate change, global warming Scott, a Republican, banned the use of those terms in state communications and publications shortly after he took office in 2011, according to a Miami Herald story Sunday by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. Though it was not a written rule, "we were told not to use the terms 'climate change,' 'global warming' or 'sustainability,' " Christopher Byrd, a former attorney with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Office of General Counsel told the investigative reporting center. "That message was communicated to me and my colleagues by our superiors," said Boyd, who held that post from 2008 to 2013. ... In Florida, about 300,000 houses worth about a total of $145 billion are vulnerable to a rise in the sea level caused by climate change, according to Climate Central. a nonprofit news organization that analyzes and reports on climate science. Sea-level rise was another term that Scott prohibited, saying it should be called "nuisance flooding," the newspaper said. http://www.usatoday.com/story/weath...ernor-climate-change-global-warming/24660287/ The Governor of Florida, the state with (arguably) the longest, developed low lying coastline, has a great solution to the threat of sea level rise on our State: Simply forbid government employees from talking about it. Way to go, Gov. Scott. That is a brilliant solution. I wonder why others haven't thought about it? It's things like that that make me so happy we have a conservative leading our State.
