Of course it doesn’t. The GOP plan regarding the climate is “Ignore it and the problem that doesn’t exist in the first place will go away.” This plan is deeply unpopular with anyone who sees climate change as a problem, and for those who don’t simply not mentioning it at all is in keeping with their values anyway. “Ignore it.”
I used to be a government employee in the state of Florida (when Rick Scott was governor) as an environmental educator. One day, we received a memo that for all government employees the phrases “climate change”, “global warming”, and “sustainability” were now banned from our official duties. How was I supposed to teach about the environment in Florida without using those? I was still allowed to say “unusual weather event”.
I left this role, and Florida, and heard that this policy had been repealed.
Wouldn’t you know it, I heard from some of my colleagues still there that DeSantis just went ahead and did the same thing, while also making sure the new law impacts the energy grid.
So not only is their plan to ignore it - but they want to force no one else to talk about it either, or make any improvements on their own of their own volition.
Of course it doesn’t. The GOP plan regarding the climate is “Ignore it and the problem that doesn’t exist in the first place will go away.” This plan is deeply unpopular with anyone who sees climate change as a problem, and for those who don’t simply not mentioning it at all is in keeping with their values anyway. “Ignore it.”
It’s worse than that.
The GOP plan on climate is “We’ll capitalism out way out of it.”
Record high temperatures? Sell AC units and increase prices on electricity.
Water getting more scarce? Buy inefficient desalinators that run on diesel.
Property values declining due to increasing ocean levels? Ban ocean levels.
Here’s a taste of the GOP view:
I used to be a government employee in the state of Florida (when Rick Scott was governor) as an environmental educator. One day, we received a memo that for all government employees the phrases “climate change”, “global warming”, and “sustainability” were now banned from our official duties. How was I supposed to teach about the environment in Florida without using those? I was still allowed to say “unusual weather event”.
I left this role, and Florida, and heard that this policy had been repealed.
Wouldn’t you know it, I heard from some of my colleagues still there that DeSantis just went ahead and did the same thing, while also making sure the new law impacts the energy grid.
So not only is their plan to ignore it - but they want to force no one else to talk about it either, or make any improvements on their own of their own volition.