Press Mention Tampa Bay Times June 29, 2022
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Supreme Court’s EPA ruling could slow Florida’s climate change fight
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A Supreme Court ruling limiting EPA authority to regulate power plant emissions could slow Florida's transition to clean energy, according to legal experts and environmental advocates. Susan Glickman, a consultant to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, warns that without carbon pollution limits, Florida will continue bearing the costs of climate change through expensive flood defenses. The decision restricts federal regulatory power and shifts responsibility to states, which have shown little appetite for aggressive emissions policies.
Relying on fossil fuels has already proven costly. Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build defenses to future floods that will grow with sea level rise.
Susan Glickman
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