COVID-19 and climate crisis show ‘an ounce of prevention’ can save lives, money | Opinion

By Susan Glickman · Sun Sentinel

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Susan Glickman, Florida Director of SACE, argues that the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic—trusting science, taking decisive action, and preventing crises—must be applied to the climate crisis. She highlights Florida's specific vulnerabilities to climate impacts and criticizes Trump Administration rollbacks of fuel efficiency standards while praising recent Florida legislative actions on sea-level impact studies and electric vehicle infrastructure planning.

Trusting good science, taking strong action, and getting out in front of a problem is critical to avoiding catastrophe – for both the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis awaiting us down the road with climate change
Susan Glickman

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