GET ME REWRITE: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dismisses evidence of climate change found all over South Florida

Headline:  Miami Herald, 6/15/2024)

Screenshot:  CBS News, 6/14/2024

The Virginia Gardens project was one of roughly two dozen projects related to stormwater or drainage that DeSantis vetoed on Wednesday, surprising even his Republican allies  who are used to municipal sewer funding surviving the governor’s yearly pruning of Legislature-approved spending. 

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Last month, DeSantis signed a bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that removed a directive to address climate change as an element of the state’s energy policy. “We don’t want our energy policy driven by climate ideology,” DeSantis said at a press conference in Hollywood on Friday.

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