Gov. Rick Scott’s ban on climate change term extended to other state agencies
No one told Bart Bibler not to use the terms “climate change” and “global warming” during his six months on the job at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Then, on March 4, he walked into a Florida Coastal Managers Forum, a teleconference with representatives from other state agencies.
When he introduced himself, Bibler congratulated everyone for the “exciting” work being done to address the impact of climate change, and then he mentioned his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline project.
“The reaction was mostly shock,” Bibler said. According to Bibler, the forum moderator, Ann Lazar, said she hoped his advocacy on the conference call wouldn’t result in cancellations of future ones.
“Obviously, she's nervous I had violated this unwritten policy of talking about climate change,” Bibler said. “I didn’t get the memo.”
Lazar declined to comment.
DEP officials put Bibler on a two-day leave. The letter of reprimand chastised him for expressing his personal views about the pipeline. It also stated that a summary of the meeting Bibler supplied to his supervisor “gave the appearance that this was Ann's official meeting agenda that included climate change.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article13576691.html
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Apparently its not just the DEP that's affected.
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