tangaroa ([personal profile] tangaroa) wrote2015-03-18 05:16 am

Rick Scott thinks he's King Canute

Florida's Department of Environmental Protection has banned all use of the terms "climate change" and "global warming". Permanent sea-level rise is referred to as "nuisance flooding". The order appears to come from the office of Governor Rick Scott.

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[personal profile] onyxlynx 2015-03-18 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
  1. The order was apparently distributed by verbal means only for plausible deniability so that no one can cite a source.
  2. Speaking of Great Minds Thinking Alike! At least Canute was trying to get his courtiers to understand that he was Not God (in the version I grew up on). Rick Scott seems to be convinced that if he calls the sea by another name his feet won't get wet. Whotta buffoon.