Is man-made climate change real? Florida’s top GOP leaders won’t say

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Of Florida’s top three Republican leaders, only one of them — Senate President Joe Negron — is willing to say, grudgingly, that human activity contributes to climate change. Gov. Rick Scott and House Speaker Richard Corcoran won’t go there. Asked repeatedly Friday if man-made climate change is real, as a broad consensus of scientists have […] »

Climate change activist walking barefoot across U.S. killed by SUV in Florida

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Mark Baumer, an activist who was walking barefoot across the U.S. to raise awareness about climate change, was killed in Florida by an SUV driver who officials say veered off the road. The Washington Post reports Baumer, 33, was a poet and author who started his barefoot journey in October. He walked all the way […] »