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Scott PowersJune 1, 2017

Florida Democrats slammed the anticipated announcement by President Donald Trump that he would pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, while several Florida Republicans urged Trump to keep America in the agreement. Members of Congress and other political leaders were reacting late Tuesday and Wednesday to reports that Trump intends to withdraw […]

Associated PressMay 27, 2017

Earth is likely to reach more dangerous levels of warming even sooner if the U.S. retreats from its pledge to cut carbon dioxide pollution, scientists said. That’s because America contributes so much to rising temperatures. President Donald Trump, who once proclaimed global warming a Chinese hoax, said in a tweet Saturday that he would make […]

Peter SchorschMay 17, 2017

Updated May 17 — Valenstein was the only person selected to be interviewed for the job, according to remarks at Wednesday’s Cabinet aides meeting. That means he is a virtual lock for the position. Shut out by the decision is interim secretary Ryan Matthews. The interview will take place at next Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. The original story is […]

Associated PressMarch 28, 2017

Moving forward with a campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama‘s sweeping plan to curb global warming, President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday that will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels. As […]

Scott PowersMarch 13, 2017

More than 30 scientists representing fields ranging from marine biology to allergy diagnostics to coastal ecology to geology have sent a letter to President Donald Trump today urging him to support continued funding for Earth sciences at NASA and NOAA. It’s the third letter some of the scientists have banded together to send, though their ranks […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterDecember 19, 2016

The No. 1 issue facing Florida continues to be jobs, according to a new Florida Chamber of Commerce survey. The Florida Chamber Political Institute released a new statewide survey Monday aimed at “checking the political pulse of Floridians on how they feel about elected officials as well as the issue impacting them.” Jobs and the […]

Associated PressMay 24, 2016

Donald Trump wants to build another huge wall, this time to keep out the rising seas threatening to swamp his luxury golf resort in Ireland. The Republican presidential candidate has called climate change a “con job” and a “hoax.” But in an application filed this month in County Clare, Ireland, the Trump International Golf Links […]

Martin DyckmanApril 22, 2016

That the world is round has been established fact and common knowledge since ancient Greece, when the mathematician Eratosthenes (276-194 BCE) calculated its girth with remarkable accuracy. But even today there is a Flat Earth Society, reincarnated in 2004, which couches stupendous disbelief in the incongruously modern accoutrement of a website. A 2009 Huffington Science […]

Martin DyckmanApril 21, 2016

That the world is round has been established fact and common knowledge since ancient Greece, when the mathematician Eratosthenes (276-194 BCE) calculated its girth with remarkable accuracy. But even today there is a Flat Earth Society, reincarnated in 2004, which couches stupendous disbelief in the incongruously modern accoutrement of a web site. A 2009 Huffington […]

Jim RosicaNovember 10, 2015

The state’s Department of Environmental Protection and its employee who said he was punished for using the term “climate change” earlier this year quietly worked out a “separation settlement agreement” in May. The agreement was provided to FloridaPolitics.com on Monday after a public-records request to the department. Mainly, both sides agreed not to sue each […]

Tag: global warming

Florida Democrats express outrage, Republicans concern, over possible exit from Paris climate accord

What if U.S. quits climate deal? Doesn’t look good for Earth

Noah Valenstein set to become next DEP head

Donald Trump takes aim at Barack Obama’s efforts to curb global warming

Florida scientists urge Trump to support Earth sciences. Again.

New Florida Chamber poll finds jobs remain top concern for Florida voters

Donald Trump proposes wall to protect golf resort from rising seas

Martin Dyckman: Swayed by Koch money, Republicans refuse to face scientific facts

Martin Dyckman: Swayed by Koch money, Republicans refuse to face scientific facts

“Climate change” kerfuffle results in secret settlement with DEP