Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Quoted in entirety
"Dear Friend of the Nation,
Recently, some shocking news came out of Florida: It was revealed that since taking office, Governor Rick Scott has banned officials from Florida's Department of Environmental Protection from using the words "climate change' on grounds that it is not proven to be a "true fact.'1 It's an extreme ideological move that impinges on the rights of state employees while endangering a coastal state like Florida that is under high risk from the effects of climate change. Two top Florida leaders, former Governor Jeb Bush and Senator Marco Rubio, are running for president. We need to make sure they use their national profiles to denounce the climate change gag order Rick Scott has imposed in their home state.
Tell Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio: Denounce Florida's climate change gag order. Click here to sign the petition.
Rick Scott's gag order isn't just limited to climate change. It was revealed that state employees have also been barred from using the terms "sustainability,' "global warming,' and "sea level rise.' It's an especially shocking move considering the specific threat that climate change and sea level rise pose for Florida.
The 2014 national assessment for climate change for the U.S. found that Florida is "uniquely vulnerable to sea level rise' and faces "an imminent threat of increased inland flooding...where just inches of sea level rise will impair the capacity of stormwater drainage systems to empty into the ocean.'2
Rick Scott's gag order isn't just a politically-motivated move. It's also an anti-science policy that endangers the health and safety of Floridians and puts them at an increased risk of environmental disasters.
We can't allow Florida's climate change denial policy to spread and become acceptable in American politics. That's why we need to make sure that two presidential hopefuls from Florida – Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio – quickly and clearly denounce Gov. Rick Scott's gag order and call for it to end.
Tell Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio: Denounce Florida's climate change gag order. Click here to sign the petition.
Thank you for your activism.
Becky Bond, Political Director
CREDO Action from Working Assets"
"Dear Friend of the Nation,
Recently, some shocking news came out of Florida: It was revealed that since taking office, Governor Rick Scott has banned officials from Florida's Department of Environmental Protection from using the words "climate change' on grounds that it is not proven to be a "true fact.'1 It's an extreme ideological move that impinges on the rights of state employees while endangering a coastal state like Florida that is under high risk from the effects of climate change. Two top Florida leaders, former Governor Jeb Bush and Senator Marco Rubio, are running for president. We need to make sure they use their national profiles to denounce the climate change gag order Rick Scott has imposed in their home state.
Tell Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio: Denounce Florida's climate change gag order. Click here to sign the petition.
Rick Scott's gag order isn't just limited to climate change. It was revealed that state employees have also been barred from using the terms "sustainability,' "global warming,' and "sea level rise.' It's an especially shocking move considering the specific threat that climate change and sea level rise pose for Florida.
The 2014 national assessment for climate change for the U.S. found that Florida is "uniquely vulnerable to sea level rise' and faces "an imminent threat of increased inland flooding...where just inches of sea level rise will impair the capacity of stormwater drainage systems to empty into the ocean.'2
Rick Scott's gag order isn't just a politically-motivated move. It's also an anti-science policy that endangers the health and safety of Floridians and puts them at an increased risk of environmental disasters.
We can't allow Florida's climate change denial policy to spread and become acceptable in American politics. That's why we need to make sure that two presidential hopefuls from Florida – Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio – quickly and clearly denounce Gov. Rick Scott's gag order and call for it to end.
Tell Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio: Denounce Florida's climate change gag order. Click here to sign the petition.
Thank you for your activism.
Becky Bond, Political Director
CREDO Action from Working Assets"