A new state law limits Florida communities’ aims to offset greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the global climate and intensifying disasters such as hurricanes.
Specifically, HB 1217 prohibits local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals. At least 10 cities and counties have implemented such policies, including Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, and Leon County, where Tallahassee, the state capital, is located. But the new law will not necessarily upend these policies, said Bradley Marshall, senior attorney at Earthjustice, an advocacy group.
“It’s certainly meant to scare municipalities and local governments from trying to do things to further net-zero policies,” he said. “Now, its exact impact and what it exactly prohibits is probably up for some debate. Things that are adjacent to it—emissions reductions and even climate change reduction policies—on their face will not run afoul at all of a ban on adopting a net zero policy.”
Now, its exact impact and what it exactly prohibits is probably up for some debate.
So it has no business being a law.
Republicans really coming in clutch with that whole “small government and freedom” schtick, aint they.
I’ve been told that only applies to the overall federal, and that states rights are important (somehow city & counties don’t have those)… oddly enough these are the same places that claim that slavery wasn’t the reason for the civil war.
Which state rights was the civil war fought over‽ That question usually undermines the racist state rights arguments from the new Nazi party
They make up a lot of fun things that aren’t factual. I’m also super salty about how small government makes sure my local government can’t do anything we want them to do through voting… but if these people acted on actual principles they’d have no one in office right now.
Small government what?
Net one goal
Fractions are non-zero: Net 10-18
net-negative goal, still not net-zero so all good!
Freedom.
I love the small government party
Small enough to get anywhere it needs to be. No larger than a bullet.
Haha Florida is full of idiots
floridamurica
Freedom’s just another word for “admit that Christ is in charge and I am his king here on earth” to these Republican-Nazi bastards.
They aren’t Christian.
The only time Christ really threatens damnation (Matthew 25), it’s over the mistreatment of the poor, sick, imprisoned, and foregners.
For their king, they sure do excel at ignoring his wishes.
Fighting to not drown is illegal
More of that “Just lie back and let it happen” mentality. Like they actually get indignant when people try to protect themselves from harm.
party of small government
Small ‘brained’ government
“You WILL emit toxic fumes and you WILL like it!”
“We don’t recall caring if you liked it”
No no, see it can be big as long as it works for the corporations, or, uh, we mean the people. It can be big as long as it works for the people. Wait no, that’s not right either.
when they ask for small government, they do not mean lowering the scope of the government functions, but having less people who have more concentrated powers, and removing checks and balances.
Nothing says small government like the bigger government telling the smaller government no.
Small as in micro managing
It was meant for economic stuff. Same with how they pursued “economic individualism” rather than “self expression”, even if some young conservatives think otherwise.
What’s crazy is that I read “economic individualism” and immediately think of solar power, composting toilets, salvaged building materials, minimal new construction - basically all the eco-hippie-shit they rail against.
That’s what they demand from leftists unironically, they might even link you some YouTube channel about that.
Economic individualism is more like you don’t rely on the state.
ie, less safety regulation, less consumer protection, less services
Small oppressive sensitive grifting fascist wasteful and willfully ignorant government.
I get more worried every day shit like this comes out that the conspiracy theory that the rich want to accelerate the end of the world faster is true.
Oil dependence is use as a of controlling the world. Renewables changes that control. Therefore Renewables must be stopped.
In the same way slave owners fought against freeing slaves as that would mean losing a whole lot of power. Oil embargoes are much less effective against a country that has 100% renewables.
Spain has heavily adopted renewables, and it sailed through the recent oil-price shock with only minor economic ripples.
USD is literally pinned to crude oils market spot price
It is. It might not even be part of a strategy, if you look how they compuksively jack off the torment nexus.
While simultaneously crying about declining fertility rates. They can’t make up their fucking minds.
Not the world, just the bulk of humanity. We’re cluttering the place up and ruining their nice views and beaches and such. As long as there are enough left to serve their needs she produce attractive children for them, the rest of us are quickly becoming unnecessary problems.
I’ve never heard this theory please share it.
From what I’ve seen it is basically that. The elite are building bunkers to live and plan on destroying the planet somehow, that way they can everything when they emerge from their bunkers. That or they are part of some armageddon cult where they can feel the power of destroying nations or something.
If I had the details I’d link them, its just things I’ve seen in passing.
Basically the plot line to the fallout series LOL.
The idea I think is to destabilize India/China and then figure it out.
New target: Net Negative
Florida the carbon sink
They will successfully target negative meters above sea level
Orange juice Mussolini once again.
how can we drive up property values
sink half of our state beneath the waves
brilliant
I have no idea why their property is worth anything. Well I do, ignorant boomers. That market will someday crash though, as the sea retakes everything and the majority of younger folks have no interest in moving there.
Disneyland will become the new Atlantis
Disneylantis?
Dis
neylantisCoincidence? I think not!
Dislantis our land
Disneyland is in California.
Tells you how much I give a shit about that multibillion dollar company.
I’m not ignorant, i just don’t care!
Pfft okay great excuse
Should I care about a mostly faceless multibillion dollar company?
No. And neither should you, and anyone who does is weird. Like r/boxoffice weird.
Congrats?
Just implying that I don’t care enough about Disney to learn which of their theme parks are officially named what. Imo it’s confusing. Just call both Disneyland/world City it’s located, like how Lego does it.
Edit: and no one should care enough about Disney to know which park is which. Because it ultimately doesn’t matter.
We’re all very proud of you.
Disneyworld being in the middle of the state will then just be a little closer to the beach spiking property values in Orlando
This way only people who can buy in cash can purchase florida properties, since they’ll be uninsurable.
No more of those mortgage-needing peasants!
just in time for when people actually started to feel the heat of climate change
