How can Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature in good conscience approve a law that erases the term "climate change" from state statutes, while boosting natural gas production and reducing state regulations on gas pipelines?
And how can state leaders rest on their laurels as Florida's property insurance crisis continues without a more comprehensive approach that addresses consumer needs and industry concerns? Hurricane Helene is just the latest storm to impact both, and given the obvious trends of warming seas and stronger storms, it won't be the last one.
Helene is the fifth storm in the past six years to make landfall somewhere in Florida, and once again the state's first responders, utility linemen and volunteers will do all they can to restore those communities stricken by the storm. Florida knows how to handle a hurricane after the fact. State leaders though must do better on the front end before an urban center like Palm Beach County finds itself in the center of the cone.
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