• Gov. Rick Scott’s position on climate change remains vague as he continues to deny he banned the phrase at the Department of Environmental Protection and other state agencies.
The governor addressed the allegations Thursday during a stop in Sanford.
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• Governor Rick Scott’s denial that he banned phrases like “climate change” from reports and speeches is no surprise to one former employee of the Department of Environmental Protection.
Chris Byrd now works as an environmental attorney in Orlando. He says he hopes the scrutiny forces the administration to re-examine climate change in Florida.
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• On the final day of the latest round of climate talks, rich and poor nations meeting in Lima, Peru, have yet to a agree on the central issue of emissions targets.
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• GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is set to head the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. It can be easier for her oil-reliant state to adapt to the changing climate rather than address its causes.
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• “There is such a thing as being too late,” President Obama says in his address to the U.N. Climate Summit. The White House is touting tools to boost “global resilience” in the face of climate change.
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• More than 120 leaders are expected to attend the one-day summit sponsored by the United Nations. They’ve been instructed to arrive Tuesday with “bold ideas” to slow the rise in global temperatures.
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