to his opposition to mask mandates. Yet in the background, DeSantis has championed a program to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to communities across the state to help them prepare for the sea level rise and worsening flooding that will result from climate change. The Little River area has alone received commitments of more than $25 million in state funds.
There are lessons in Florida’s shifting climate politics. DeSantis’ embrace of climate adaptation is an indicator that climate change will lead even the most hardened ideologues to acknowledge the real harm caused by a warming planet. But his approach should also alarm anyone concerned about the future. We will all be in trouble if merely bracing for impact becomes a mainstream approach to address climate change in the U.S.
. Rates have risen dramatically for many residents and, even before Hurricane Ian, six local insurers had gone bankrupt this year.from Florida Atlantic University found that nearly nine out of ten Republicans in the state understand that climate change is happening. “Governor DeSantis saw an opportunity,” says Yoca Arditi-Rocha, executive director of the CLEO Institute, which advocates for climate policy in the state.
In another appearance, he likened addressing greenhouse gas emissions to restrictive policies aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. “Anyone that says that somehow, you know, the state of Florida can prevent storms from happening or do some of that stuff… These are the same types of folks who were saying that locking down would cause COVID to go away,” he said in February.
JustinWorland I love that alligator flag.
JustinWorland How to adapt to weather above 122 ℉? joke
JustinWorland Of course. Think about it. If you succeed in stopping climate change in our lifetime, all those jobs created will go down the tubes! That’s how he thinks. Just keep building the barriers higher until all coastal towns are surrounded by walls. Duh.
JustinWorland Species survive by adapting. Good for him. He's following the science.
JustinWorland “Climate adaption”… like replacement ice sheets and ocean sump pumps. No, DeSantis, there’s no negotiating with a dangerously warming planet.
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