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Op-Ed: Is Florida’s climate change model – denial at the Capitol, frantic action at the beach – in store for the U.S. under Trump?

December 2, 2016

Read the full editorial from LA Times here:  http://theconversation.com/can-a-single-region-in-florida-show-the-state-how-to-adapt-to-climate-change-63298

This editorial suggests there is a disconnect between Florida’s urgent need to address climate change challenges and the newly elected federal and state officials who are openly climate change dodgers. Despite this disconnect, this piece cites the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact as one effort in the Sunshine State working on mitigation and resiliency policies before the region is inundated.