Press Mention Naples Daily News July 8, 2020
SACE Quoted
Guest opinion: Don't blame Floridians for warming climate, rising seas
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Susan Glickman, a SACE staff member, writes an op-ed addressing Florida's climate crisis and the need for state officials to pursue carbon reduction strategies and resilience investments. The piece argues that taxpayers should not bear the full burden of climate adaptation costs and emphasizes the urgency of reducing dangerous carbon pollution.
Climate change is already costing Florida cities, large and small, a fortune. Officials desperately need to explore new avenues both to pay for efforts to make us more resilient and to dramatically reduce dangerous carbon pollution so we don't make it worse.
Susan Glickman
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Guest opinion: Don't blame Floridians for warming climate, rising seas
Susan Glickman
Special to The News-Press
July 9, 2020, 7:00 a.m. ET
Climate change is already costing Florida cities, large and small, a fortune. Officials desperately need to explore new avenues both to pay for efforts to make us more resilient and to dramatically reduce dangerous carbon pollution so we don't make it worse. However, the looming question is: will taxpayers be left with the bill?