Showing posts with label Climate Change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climate Change. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Florida DEP Workers Banned From Saying 'Climate Change'

Employees of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection claim they  were ordered to refrain from using the terms "climate change" and "global warming" in official communications, according to he Florida Center for Investigative Reportin. The unwritten policy went into effect shortly after Gov. Rick Scott, a global warming skeptic, took office. here

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Pat Kemp On Climate Change 2009


She needs our help. Donate now to support Pat Kemp’s campaign for Hillsborough County Commission, District 7 (countywide). here

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Save Miami


On Sunday, Miamians took to the streets in solidarity with the NYC People’s Climate March. More than 100 people gathered downtown at the Freedom Tower and marched one mile through Museum Park to Biscayne Bay. here

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Governor Scott, your 10AM meeting has arrived

We are waiting for you to take action on climate change. Please schedule and attend the meeting with our 10 leading climate scientists right away. here

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Miami, the great world city, is drowning

Low-lying south Florida, at the front line of climate change in the US, will be swallowed as sea levels rise. here

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Welcome to the new Venice

On a recent afternoon, Scott McKenzie watched torrential rains and a murky tide 
swallow the street 
outside his dog-grooming salon. Within minutes, much of this stretch of chic
South Beach was flooded 
ankle-deep in a fetid mix of rain and sea. “Welcome to the new Venice,”
 McKenzie joked as 
salt water surged from the sewers......more>
Florida’s top Republican politicians are challenging the science and balking at government fixes.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Rubio's Climate Change Problem

Public Policy Polling 
shows voters by a 56 percent to 33 percent margin trust scientists more than Rubio. here

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Goodbye Miami


Rick Scott
doesn't have a plan for climate change

He Doesn't Want To Talk About It

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Rick Scott: "I’m not a scientist"

when asked about anthropogenic global warming during a Tuesday stop in Miami.
First Marco Rubio, now another far-right GOP policymaker from the Sunshine State.
here 


Read m
ore here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2014/05/rick-scott-wont-say-if-he-thinks-man-made-climate-change-is-real-significant.html#storylink=cpy

Friday, May 23, 2014

Liberal Billionaire Coming After Rick Scott

Super PAC funded by liberal billionaire and environmentalist 
Tom Steyer 
has announced it will spend as much as $100 million this election season attacking Republicans in seven key states who it says are climate-science “deniers.”
The Republicans being targeted by Steyer’s political committee, NextGen Climate Action, includes 
Rick Scott of Florida

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Move Miami: Don't Move It Up Here

Latest Right-Wing Solution For Sea Level Rise: 

Marlo Lewis, senior fellow of the fossil fuel-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute, argued that moving regions that will be affected by sea level rise is a better idea than taking efforts to mitigate climate change.....more>

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Friday, May 16, 2014

Florida Needs a Plan to Fight Climate Change

The climate crisis 
has already reached Florida
and we must meet it with a bold response. 
Demand a plan from Scott 
that lays out how he will make 
The Sunshine State 
 A leader in the fight against climate change.