A bill backed by the speaker of the Florida House would also make wide-ranging changes to state energy policies.

A bill backed by the speaker of the Florida House would also make wide-ranging changes to state energy policies.

A bill advancing through the Florida Legislature with the backing of the House speaker would delete the majority of references to climate change in state law.

House Bill 1645 would enact wide-ranging changes to Florida’s energy policy, something Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, has said is needed to ensure state residents’ power is reliable and affordable.

In the process, the bill would delete eight times the phrase “climate change” is mentioned in current law (compared to seven instances where it would be left untouched). Sometimes, the phrase is deleted from sentences that are otherwise left mostly intact. In other cases, the bill would repeal entire sections of law that mention climate change, such as a grant program that helps local governments and school districts reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The bill would also reduce certain regulations on natural gas pipelines, preempt local governments’ control over the location of natural gas storage facilities and make it so state agencies and local governments no longer have to consider fuel efficiency when buying vehicles, among other changes.

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
      17·
      9 months ago

      its specially ironic since florida is a paved over swamp.

      i bet it will be the first us state to be underwater because of climate change

  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
    41·
    9 months ago

    Fucking LOL.

    The epitome of burying your head in the sand. If you don’t talk about it, it must not be real! Delusional idiots.

  • Volkditty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    9 months ago

    In an ironic twist, the only current mention of climate change in Florida law is a non-binding resolution declaring climate change is a woke conspiracy.

  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
    20·
    9 months ago

    Let’s privatize hurricane and flood aid to them as a result. Maybe Disney will trickle down some of their wealth to the victims?

    • Facebones@reddthat.com
      9·
      9 months ago

      100%. Stop letting dumfukian states come begging the fed for aid then pissing all over the hand that feeds AND the problem. Tie aid packages to requirements to get with the program, sending them a bill in 2 years (or whatever)with interest if they don’t.

  • Pratai@lemmy.ca
    132·
    9 months ago

    The irony of one of the firsts casualties of catastrophic global warming wants to deny it’s going to happen.

  • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    The Atlantic Ocean could remove the majority of land area of Florida from American coastlines.

  • nxdefiant@startrek.website
    9·
    9 months ago

    Should the denial of federal funding for the inevitable sea wall be hundreds of pages of redacted text? It’s a conundrum.

  • Bobmighty@lemmy.world
    8·
    9 months ago

    I fucking hate living in this damned state. A state of hicks and psycho narcissists. All governed by a high heeled fascist fucktard. Go ahead and pretend climate change isn’t a thing to please your hicks. This coming summer is going to be a whole lot of egg beaten into all of our godamn faces.

    Fuck you Florida.

  • DarkGamer@kbin.social
    81·
    9 months ago

    They now proudly refuse vaccines to die of COVID, oppose legislation that would benefit them, and now Florida Republicans evidently want to live underwater. Destroying themselves is so hot right now on the right.

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      It’s like a kid throwing a fit when their parents make them eat some vegetables and threatening to hold their breath until they pass out.

  • Blaster M@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 months ago

    So, if the coastal cities build everything watertight right now, the state of Florida can become Rapture

      • Blaster M@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 months ago

        Once they realize Christianity isn’t actually compatible with their hate train rhetoric, they’ll shed it off too in the name of Freedome

          • Blaster M@lemmy.world
            1·
            9 months ago

            “Return evil for evil to no one”

            “Love your neighbor as yourself”

            “Love your enemies and those persecuting you”

            etc.

            people cherry pick Jesus driving out the merchants from the temple as an excuse to go on a full on jihad with everything they don’t like, ignoring everything else he said and did.

            Republicans very much will kick away religion if it helps them stay in power.