DEP officials have been ordered not to use the term “climate change” or “global warming” in any official communications, emails, or reports, according to former DEP employees, consultants, volunteers and records obtained by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.
The policy goes beyond semantics and has affected reports, educational efforts and public policy in a department that has about 3,200 employees and $1.4 billion budget.
“We were told not to use the terms ‘climate change,’ ‘global warming’ or ‘sustainability,’ ” said Christopher Byrd, an attorney with the DEP’s Office of General Counsel in Tallahassee from 2008 to 2013. “That message was communicated to me and my colleagues by our superiors in the Office of General Counsel.”
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1. "I'm so tired of the willfully ignorant being in politics" In response to Reply # 0
And it's so strange that's how it goes. In highschool it seemed like all of the smart kids were in the Honors Society, Student Council, and hell even the Model UN. Where's the gap from practicing leadership at a younger level and then branching out completely away from politics?
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