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Major hurricane #Helene (core pressure now down to 951 mbar) barreling towards Florida. Winds 200 km/h now, and still getting stronger.
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Nicole Parsons
Nicole Parsons
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The fossil fuel industry funded climate deniers into public office in Florida. For years.
https://gizmodo.com/ron-desantis-signs-a-bill-that-mandates-cities-keep-usi-1847176182

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/03/oil-and-gas-industry-has-pumped-millions-into-republican-campaigns

https://www.levernews.com/before-hurricane-florida-republicans-helped-oil-donors-fight-climate-rules/

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?ind=E01

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/who-owns-ron-desantis/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/desantis-rolls-energy-policy-contends-climate-change-invoked/story?id=103340918

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/politics/ron-desantis-energy-agenda-president/index.html

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/republicans-climate-change-biden-science-greenhouse-gas.html

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14052024/bill-discounting-climate-change-in-floridas-energy-policy-awaits-desantis-approval/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/us/politics/desantis-private-jets-donors.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/climate/florida-republicans-climate-hurricane-ian.html

https://truthout.org/articles/ron-desantis-signs-bill-weakening-climate-regulations-expanding-fossil-fuel-use/

https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2024/05/31/florida-desantis-anna-paulina-luna-renewable-energy-climate-change-electric-bill/

https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/08/06/florida-republicans-climate-change-polling-desantis-legislature-carbon-pollution-china/

Musk:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/politics/elon-musk-ron-desantis/index.html


Climate polling of Florida Republicans produced surprising results   | The Invading Sea

Three polls show that significant proportions of Republicans understand climate change is happening and are concerned about it. 
Yanni Psareas (The Invading Sea)

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