In a report published in yesterdays (Sundays) Miami Herald Newspaper, reporter Tristam Korten revealed that, on orders from governor Scott and his ilk, state officials are not permitted to use the terms “global warming†or “climate change’ in environmental reports or talks.  The term “sea-level rise†was also replaced with the term “nuisance flooding.†Scott is a climate-change denialist. During his first campaign for governor in 2010, Scott told reporters who asked about his views on climate change that he had “not been convinced,†and that he would need “something more convincing than what I’ve read.†We should all be concerned with this “cover up” since climate change would and should be part of the 2016 revised Florida Science Standards. Along with his denial of evolution,the state’s governor is no supporter of real science.
Update More ignorance
“Sustainability” also made the list of Rick-Scott-Incorrect terms.
Apparently Florida’s planners, environmental officials, hydrologists, etc feel seriously intimidated about potential/impending job cuts, as apparently few carried on with synonymous jargon such as “current anthropogenic thermal effects” or “oceanographic fluid volume fluctuations”.
Note also that Rick Scott & Co. have dismantled just about all the environmental regulations which survived the reigns of Charlie Crist & Jeb! Bush. Bulldozers will run rampant across the state to the degree that “sustainability” will apply to nothing at all here anyway.
Scott’s a Republican enough said !!!
The following lyrics from the pen of the much missed English writer Michael Flanders seem appropriate.
“This is the song the Ostrich sings.
Peek-a-Boo, I can’t see you,
Everything must be grand.
Boo-ka-Pee, they can’t see me,
As long as I’ve got me head in the sand.
Peek-a-Boo, it may be true,
There’s something in what you’ve said,
But we’ve got enough troubles in everyday life,
I just bury me head.
Oh, Ostrich consider hw the world we know
Is trembling on the brink.
Have you heard the news, may I hear your views,
Will you tell me what you think.
The Ostrich lifted its head from the sand,
About an inch or so;
‘You will please excuse, but disturbing news
I have no wish to know.'”
FL Employee Reportedly Reprimanded After Referencing ‘Climate Change’
See link for more details and further links.
Bibler says he “didn’t get the memo” about not acknowledging reality.
But others in Florida state government did:
Recently (no exact date given in the report), Fla Democratic state senator Jeff Clemens tried and failed to get Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management Bryan Koon to use the words “climate change” during a state senate budget subcommittee hearing. (Link includes video of their exchange.)
As Clemens noted, federal disaster relief funding programs require states to have explicit climate change planning in effect, so Rick Scott’s unwritten fatwa jeopardizes all citizens here.