DeSantis signs landmark Florida sea level rise bills into law

By Zach Sampson · Tampa Bay Times

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Governor Ron DeSantis signed two bills (SB 1954 and SB 2514) establishing Florida's most comprehensive sea level rise and flooding resilience plan, allocating hundreds of millions in state funding for infrastructure projects and research. Susan Glickman of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy criticized the legislation for addressing consequences of climate change rather than its root causes, noting that concurrent energy preemption bills undermine clean energy progress.

While it's progress to see Governor DeSantis and Florida's Republican leadership at long last acknowledge the harm local communities are seeing because of climate change, this legislation does nothing to get at the root of the problem
Susan Glickman

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