Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Law Evaporating “Climate Change” from State Policy
Desantis also mentions support of small-cell nuclear technology research, which has some intriguing possibilities for Florida.
The last time I wrote about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, he had just approved a measure that banned the sale and manufacture of lab-grown meat in his state.
DeSantis has now gone even further in assuring his state’s prosperity while using sound science paired with good judgment. He has just signed a law removing references and requirements related to climate change from Florida policy.
Florida’s state government will no longer be required to consider climate change when crafting energy policy under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican.
The new law, which passed the Florida Legislature in March and takes effect on July 1, will also prohibit the construction of offshore wind turbines in state waters and will repeal state grant programs that encourage energy conservation and renewable energy.
The legislation also deletes requirements that state agencies use climate-friendly products and purchase fuel-efficient vehicles. And it prevents any municipality from restricting the type of fuel that can be used in an appliance, such as a gas stove.
The legislation, along with two other bills Mr. DeSantis signed on Wednesday, “will keep windmills off our beaches, gas in our tanks, and China out of our state,” the governor wrote on the social media platform X. “We’re restoring sanity in our approach to energy and rejecting the agenda of the radical green zealots.”
Florida rejects the designs of the left to weaken our energy grid, pursue a radical climate agenda, and promote foreign adversaries. pic.twitter.com/Drydhd7XcH
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) May 15, 2024
To say the climate cultists are in a tizzy would be an understatement.
Florida is already about 74% reliant on natural gas to power electric generation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Opponents of the bill DeSantis signed say it removes the word “climate’ in nine different places, moves the state’s energy goals away from efficiency and the reduction of greenhouse gases blamed for a warming planet.
“This purposeful act of cognitive dissonance is proof that the governor and state Legislature are not acting in the best interests of Floridians, but rather to protect profits for the fossil fuel industry,” said Yoca Arditi-Rocha, executive director of the nonprofit Cleo Institute, which advocates for climate change education and engagement.
I will simply point out that smearing policies that are directed toward making energy affordable and reliable as “right -wing talking points” is a losing argument.
Outlets like the Washington Post and Tallahassee Democrat specifically highlighted how the legislation removed climate change as a priority for the state to address in it’s energy policy.
The Post had reported that Florida focusing on “affordability and reliability” is “an echo of conservative talking points” against “renewable power.”
The arguments came after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a slew of legislation on Wednesday, slashing climate agenda directives in Florida’s energy policy, placing a greater emphasis on nuclear energy and focusing on cost efficiency for Floridians.
The bill also bans state holdings for Chinese Communist Party-linked companies, and bars state investments into companies that utilize “forced labor.”
Now seems to be a good time to note that under Biden’s “Green New Deal” policies, energy prices have skyrocketed nearly 30 percent.
Getting away from climate crisis Kabuki for a few minutes, I would like to explore DeSantis’ mention of small-cell nuclear technology research.
Interestingly, Geert Wilders’ Netherlands-first Dutch government will back plans for the construction of four new large reactors in the Netherlands.
Nuclear power is the sensible option for reliable, affordable energy that is civilization-worthy. Florida has access to a very helpful resource to pursue development of nuclear power.
The nuclear power industry is seeking to lure back thousands of retired engineers and older professionals as western companies try to fill a skills gap to deliver the biggest wave of new projects in decades.
Reactor constructors are aiming to hire tens of thousands of employees as climate change concerns drive a revived interest in the low-carbon technology, according to developers and government officials.
Countries such as India, the US, France, Britain and Poland are also planning new orders amid jitters about energy security and the threat to gas supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Retirees with decades of experience are in demand as a result after a golden era for the sector that began in the late 1950s gave way to a decline following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster — a slump compounded by the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima plant in 2011 after it was damaged by a tsunami.
I wish the good people of Florida prosperity and success; meanwhile, we in California will continue to endure “bad luck.”
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I’m going to write in Ron D. on my primary ballot on Tuesday. I hoped he would do better, but it was basically Trump’s to lose. DeSantis has a bright future though.
I’m going to write in Ron D. on my ballot in November. He should be our next President, not Trump. Trump talks the talk. But Desantis walks the walk.
You should cry more and post fake quotes, JR.
Yeah, let’s all do that. Let Biden win.
Right!
Unless JR lives in a swing state, writing DeSantis in does not help Biden at all.
Where would LI be without insight like this?
Stuck with Paula’s and Gonzo’s ignorance and bile, that’s where.
Junior being edgy again, I see.
Chances of Junior voting Republican: approximately zero.
We need more Americans saying NO to all of the Left’s bullshit.
He’s a clickbait governor.
Lyndon LaRouche/Noam Chomsky ticket ist kaput.
Yeah if only he could be half as accomplished as you – rape apologist, pseudo-intellectual, racist, copy/paster from middlebrow undergrad texts. Nobody beats ya!
Once you just admit to yourself the hard crush you have on DeSantis… well your inner turmoil will start to recede…,take my good advice
oh no
now florida will be destroyed b/c they wont bow to the greenies
as usual DeS kicks lefty down
“The bill also bans state holdings for Chinese Communist Party-linked companies, and bars state investments into companies that utilize “forced labor.””
This won’t be publicized anywhere.
Today Ron DeSantis took 37 breaths before breakfast
Is that how many times you genuflected in front of you Donald Trump centerfold this morning before hunkering down in case of an attack by blacks and Muslims?
I think he’ll be a strong President in 28.
Yes, but it’s potentially a very bad thing for Florida, given how close the last Democrat contender for governor was despite being a drunkard criminal. They just didn’t hit the ballot printing machine hard enough, and they’ll know better next time.
Your a election behind
Last I heard there is a deal in principle for a new government, but they have not yet agreed on who will lead it, except that it will not be Wilders. He already announced two months ago that he had given up on becoming PM before the next election.
And apparently the new deal includes continued support for the “climate change” agenda, and increased “social housing”.
Love the title.
I kinda hate to see the word ‘meltdown’ used for the Fukushima plant failure. Reactors 1,2, and 3 of the four reactors had melty issues with fuel rods (contained by the structure) since their diesel generators/water pumps failed after the tsunami, but Japan is incredibly touchy about any kind of radiation leaks, even tritium. (which exists in the seawater naturally at a rate above which Japan allows in discarded ‘wastewater’ from the plant cleanup currently) Chernobyl was a radioactive disaster. Fukushima just barely ranked above Three Mile Island’s relatively benign failure. Reactor 4 (which was unfueled at the time) could actually be restarted EXCEPT the machinery spaces were flooded with salt water, and so the whole restarting process would cost far in excess of building a new reactor complex somewhere. There were far more deaths from fear and panic than actual radiation, even looking forward for decades.