Environment

Why It's So Dangerous That Florida's Governor Banned the Term 'Climate Change'

Rick Scott's censorship of environmental officials courts disaster for a state at tremendous risk.
AP Photo/Phil Sears

News that Governor Rick Scott has banned the terms "climate change," "global warming," and "sea-level rise" among employees at Florida's Department of Environmental Protection probably has more than a few of us strategizing, Bugs Bunny-style, about how to deal with the dangling state: