Climate change is not so much a threat to parts of Florida, as much as it is a real and present problem; Miami already incurs regular street flooding at high tide, and parts of the state sit six feet below sea level. But Florida is also unabashedly Florida—its politicians, including presidential hopeful Jeb Bush frequently deny that climate change even exists. And now Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection—yes, the very agency that deals with the consequences of climate change—has banned employees from using the terms ‘climate change’ and ‘global warming.’
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