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Ron DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida state laws
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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Can’t wait to visit beach towns on the southern border of Georgia
State literally sinking into the ocean, insurance companies fleeing because they can't make money due to storms of the century happening yearly, but yeah can't be climate change, that'd be silly.
Ron DeSantis: We're going to start a new life.... 🎶under the sea🎶
atlantic ocean: and i took that shit personally
Atlantic Ocean to Florida:
The seas can't rise fast enough. Someone needs to start carpet bombing the pythons and gators and feral pigs with growth hormones.
I like you.
You're my favorite person rn.
I'm actually for this. With their home insurance marked on the verge of collapse and thus their housing market, I kind of just want to watch it all burn at this point. I only ask that we withhold any federal aid and disaster relief when they get shit on by mother nature.
That would be cruel to the people hit by a natural Desaster, people that might not be on board with this law at all.
Further it would just give the right wings nuts a reason to point to how evil Democrats are.
I instead propose to create a safety fund on the federal level that can be used to support states hit by natural Desaster. Just call it something realy obvious, like the "Climate Change Damge Mitigation Fund". Make it a requirement that states publicly announce how much money they are asking for from said fund.
The people voted this way. It's only sad for a tiny minority of people living in Florida AND reality.
Not a tiny minority
I too feel bad for the few who see that this is a bad policy but what you're suggesting is basically what they're already doing and no matter what we call the fund it's just going to be enabling poor policy makers to keep doing what they do.
Definitely the most pressing problem in Florida right now. Absolutely.
This is worse than the idea of putting giant ice cubes in the ocean.
It doesn't matter if you believe in climate change.
Climate change believes in you!
LOL, Gov. Clownboots should sign a law that makes ocean acidification illegal before Miami collapses into the sea.
Meanwhile the Dems are whining and flailing because China has too many solar panels and EVs 
My toe also hurts, as long as we’re going to wander away from the conversation.
Are we not talking about how American leaders are ignoring climate change?
LOL, whataboutism.
Lmao who brought up CCChina?
The commenter is from hexbear... it's better to ignore them.
So...."LALALALA! I CANT HEAR YOU" Is this guy's plan....
Ah, good to know it's solved now
it is just a matter of time before the entire property insurance industry in Florida collapses.
The stupid ass Republicans can deny climate change all they want; the insurance industry believes in it and knows what's coming
Property insurance? Florida as a whole is about to be completely underwater, potentially within a matter of decades. They've got bigger problems than property insurance.
Florida as a whole is about to be completely underwater
FYI, north-central Florida is literally the foothills of the Appalachian mountains.
Not completely. Hyperbole kills rational thought.
Ron DeSantis went to Harvard and has the critical thinking skills of someone who bought his degree from Harvard.
Climate scientist predict the planet will heat up to 3 degrees more. And this dum dum is thinking he can swat it away if people just don't talk about it.
The angry mobs will come for him eventually
Florida has to be one of the best places for offshore wind power, right? What are we even fucking doing dude 
Society says we can't eliminate these types. Society decided this was the way it should be.
Climate change is going to scrub Florida from Earth's land area so uhhh good luck with that I guess.
going to scrub Florida from Earth’s land area
not before desantis begs D.C. for bailout money for all the $million beach condos that just went underwater permanently
It's that "if I can't see it, it doesn't exist" mentality. My cat acts like that, because she gets surprised every time something comes back into view and still exists.
Henceforth, in Florida, climate change will now be referred to as 🔥The doom that must not be named🔥
There, way less scary now.
Old people hate being reminded that their leaving us all with an apocalyptic scenario of their own making.
I guess there will be some sad faces when they ask their insurance company why their policies have been dropped.
He is the 'new' Florida man, but in power and hates everything nice in the world.
Doesn't make it any less real dipshit