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Florida Governor DeSantis’ Head-In-The Sand Climate Change Policies

Legal Planet

(credit: PBI Actuarial Consultants) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation ( HB 1645 ) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally.

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There are Piles of Coal in America’s Christmas Stocking

Legal Planet

But coal use plateaued and started to fall during the Bush Administration, and the rate of decline has been quite steady since 2008 regardless of who was in the White House. Increased deployment of renewables has undoubtedly contributed to the problem, and coal plants have had to contend with tougher pollution regulations over the years.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The FWS concluded in 2008 that the trout should be listed but reversed course in 2014 and concluded that listing was no longer warranted. The court did, however, find that the FWS failed to explain different methodologies it used in 2008 and 2014 to calculate the number of healthy populations of the trout. Stephenson v.

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